agonistes

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀγωνιστής (agōnistḗs, “a contestant in the public games”), from ἀγών (agṓn, “contest, struggle”).

agonistes

1. A person engaged in a struggle.

• usually found as an epithet, as in the most famous usage, Samson Agonistes by John Milton, to which the use of "agonistes" is often an allusion

• agon
• agonist, antagonist, protagonist
• agony

• goatiness, isatogens