he·ro
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Audio Help [heer-oh] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural -roes; for 5 also -ros.
| 1. | a man of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities. |
| 2. | a person who, in the opinion of others, has heroic qualities or has performed a heroic act and is regarded as a model or ideal: He was a local hero when he saved the drowning child. |
| 3. | the principal male character in a story, play, film, etc. |
| 4. | Classical Mythology.
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| 5. | hero sandwich. |
| 6. | the bread or roll used in making a hero sandwich. |
[Origin: 1605–15; back formation from ME heroes (pl.) < L hérōs (sing.), hérōes (pl.) < Gk h
rōs, h
rōes
]
rōs, h
rōes
] —Related forms
he·ro·like, adjective
—Synonyms 3. lead, star.
—Antonyms 3. villain, heavy.
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n. pl. he·roes
[Earlier heroe, back-formation from heroes, heroes, from Latin hērōēs, pl. of hērōs, from Greek; see ser-1 in Indo-European roots.] Usage Note: Many writers now consider hero, long restricted to men in the sense "a person noted for courageous action," to be a gender-neutral term. It is used to refer to admired women as well as men in respected publications, as in this quotation from The Washington Post: "Already a national hero in her economically troubled South Korea, . . . [Se Ri] Pak is packing galleries at [golf] tournaments stateside." The word heroine is still useful, however, in referring to the principal female character of a fictional work: Jane Eyre is a well-known literary heroine. Ninety-four percent of Usage Panelists accept this usage. |
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