What is another word for "protagonist"?

Roget's Thesaurus (1911) lists these synonyms for "protagonist": acrobat, adept, admirable, all, blade, business, campaigner, chef, clean, conjuror, connoisseur, crack, cracksman, cuisine, cunning, dab, dabster, dead, deceiver, donna, experienced, expert, eye, fellow, fiddle, file, first, funambulist, genius, good, gun, hand, head, jobber, learning, mahatma, man, marksman, master, nice.