Hero - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- someone who fights for a cause (syn: champion, fighter, paladin)
- Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century) (syn: heron)
- (classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god
- (Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her
- 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 (syn: bomber, grinder, sub, submarine, torpedo, wedge)
Extra examples
He returned from the war a national hero.
She was a hero for standing up to the government.
His father has always been his hero.
He has always been a hero to his son.
He had dared to speak out against injustice, and overnight he became a national hero.
His father was a war hero , a former fighter pilot.
A man hailed as a hero for fifty years has been unmasked as a traitor.
Phileas Fogg, hero of Jules Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days
When I was small, Uncle Fred was my hero.
Einstein is the hero of those who explore science at its deepest level.
RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain
He's now a forgotten hero.
He was a hero to generations of students.
He was given a hero's welcome when he returned home after winning the race.
They are the proud parents of a hero.
Word forms
singular: hero
plural: heroes
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