HERO





Definition:

  1. [noun] a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength; "RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain"

  2. [noun] the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem

  3. [noun] someone who fights for a cause
    Synonyms: champion, fighter, paladin

  4. [noun] Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)
    Synonyms: Hero, Heron, Hero of Alexandria

  5. [noun] (classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god

  6. [noun] (Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her
    Synonyms: Hero

  7. [noun] a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
    Synonyms: bomber, grinder, sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep

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