"protagonist" in the noun sense
1. supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friend
a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
"all their supporters came out for the game"
"they are friends of the library"
2. protagonist, agonist
the principal character in a work of fiction
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