Hero vs. Heroine

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Somebody who possesses great bravery and carries out extraordinary deeds.

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A role model.

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(authorship) The main protagonist in a work of fiction.

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(poker) The current player, especially an hypothetical player for example and didactic purposes. Compare: any opponent player. Not to be confused with a weak call against a supposed bluff.

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(US) A large sandwich made from meats and cheeses; a hero sandwich.

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The product chosen from several candidates to be photographed.

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An illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after death, to a place among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules.

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A man of distinguished valor or enterprise in danger, or fortitude in suffering; a prominent or central personage in any remarkable action or event; hence, a great or illustrious person.

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The principal personage in a poem, story, and the like, or the person who has the principal share in the transactions related; as Achilles in the Iliad, Ulysses in the Odyssey, and Æneas in the Æneid.

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a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength;

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the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem

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someone who fights for a cause

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Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)

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

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(Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her

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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

Hero

A hero (heroine in its feminine form) is a real person or a main fictional character who, in the face of danger, combats adversity through feats of ingenuity, courage, or strength. Like other formerly solely gender-specific terms (like actor), hero is often used to refer to any gender, though heroine only refers to women.

Heroinenoun

A female hero.

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A female lead character.

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A woman of an heroic spirit.

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The principal female person who figures in a remarkable action, or as the subject of a poem or story.

Heroinenoun

the main good female character in a work of fiction

Heroinenoun

a woman possessing heroic qualities or a woman who has performed heroic deeds