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noun the principal character in a work of fiction
noun someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon)
noun a muscle that contracts while another relaxes
originBorrowed from Latin agōnista, from Ancient Greek ἀγωνιστής (agōnistḗs, “combatant, champion”). By surface analysis, agon or agony + -ist.
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