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heroine

[ her-oh-in ]

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noun

a woman noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
Esther and other biblical heroines.
a woman who, in the opinion of others, has special achievements, abilities, or personal qualities and is regarded as a role model or ideal:
Name two women who have been heroines in your life.
the principal female character in a story, play, film, etc.

heroine

/ ˈhɛrəʊɪn /

See hero.

Origin of heroine¹

1650–60; < Latin hērōīnē < Greek hērōī́nē, feminine of hḗrōs hero; -ine ²

Even though victims groups see Haselberg as a heroine, she feels she could have done more.

Presumably, while our formerly sad animated heroine picks daisies in her garden (and it is almost always hers, not his).

The 30-something heroine glamorized the metropolis and its coveted name brands, Arora says.

The artist Mike Denison has set himself a challenge: to draw one picture a day for an entire year of his heroine Bea Arthur.

Mischievous and spirited, she was a heroine for generations of young girls who read and idolized her.

Besides, when he hears it's for that real heroine of a kidnapping story everybody was talking about, he'll be willing enough.

Mistral enumerates eight dramatic works treating the life of his heroine.

But the reward for virtue, which frequently fails to make its appearance, waited upon our heroine.

Who then can wonder that our young heroine should begin to think herself of more consequence than she really was?

The little girl heroine adds another to the list of favorites so well known to the young people.

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