Agonist \Ag"o*nist\, n. [Gr. ?.]
One who contends for the prize in public games. [R.]
[1913 Webster] Agonistic
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
agonist
n 1: the principal character in a work of fiction [syn: protagonist]
2: someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon)
[ant: adversary]
3: a muscle that contracts while another relaxes; "when bending
the elbow the biceps are the agonist"
4: (biochemistry) a drug that can combine with a receptor on a
cell to produce a physiological reaction
WordNet (r) 2.0
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