✅ A cat is a small domesticated animal but can also be slang for a person, particularly a man, a person who likes jazz music, or a woman who gossips in a spiteful way (The cat drank milk from a saucer; I’ll see you cats later; She’s a nasty old cat).

✅ Grimalkin can refer to a cat—that is, the animal—especially an old and bad-tempered one. It can also refer to a similarly old and bad-tempered woman (The grimalkin by the fire hissed at me, and her owner, the grimalkin that had let me in, seemed likely to hiss back).

✅ Cat and grimalkin are both slang words that are pretty outdated, and both suggest an unpleasant woman. However, cat can also be used to refer to a man, similar to the word guy.

✅ Plot refers to the plan of events, or main story, in a literary or dramatic work (The plot was complicated and slow).

✅ Narrative refers to a story or account of events, either true or fictional (The narrative supported the villain’s point of view).

✅ Plot can refer to the entire, detailed main story in a work, or it can refer to the basic outline of what happens (The plot was quite predictable, but the narrative was complex).

✅ Narrative refers to the whole account of events, including things that aren’t part of the main story, and may even refer to a book or literary work itself (They were adept at writing memorable narratives).

✅ A protagonist is a leading person in a movement or cause or an advocate for a certain cause or similar (the protagonist of a medieval revolt).

✅ A standard-bearer is an easily noticed or recognized leader of a certain movement or political party (a standard-bearer for green energy).

✅ Protagonist is commonly used to mean the hero in a story, and when used to refer to an advocate for a cause, often suggests a central figure key to the "story" of that movement or cause.

✅ Standard-bearer comes from a term referring to someone who carries a flag, or standard, into a battle. A standard-bearer in a political sense is a leader who clearly and conspicuously stands for or supports the aims and ideals of a party or movement.