English dictionary
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English noun: hero | |||
| 1. | hero (person) a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength | ||
| Samples | RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | leader | ||
| Instance hyponym | Armin, Arminius, Hermann, Job | ||
| 2. | hero (cognition) the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | character, part, persona, role, theatrical role | ||
| 3. | hero (person) someone who fights for a cause | ||
| Synonyms | champion, fighter, paladin | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | defender, guardian, protector, shielder | ||
| 4. | Hero (person) 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 of Alexandria, Heron | ||
| Instance hypernym | artificer, discoverer, inventor, mathematician | ||
| 5. | hero (person) (classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | mythical being | ||
| Domain category | classical mythology | ||
| 6. | Hero (person) (Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her | ||
| Instance hypernym | mythical being | ||
| Domain category | Greek mythology | ||
| 7. | hero (food) 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, Cuban sandwich, grinder, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sandwich | ||
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