Heroine - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a woman possessing heroic qualities or a woman who has performed heroic deeds
Extra examples
The town remembered her as the heroine of the flood and erected a statue in her honor.
Cuba declares Alicia Alonso a national heroine.
Myra, the fictional heroine of The Women's Room
Oprah is my heroine.
...as she wanders the windswept moor, the novel's heroine vows that she will never marry the vicar...
...the heroine in the story has an elfin beauty that men find irresistible...
She plays the hapless heroine who is unlucky in love.
...a heroine beset by the vacuous viridity that is so typical of romance novels...
The heroine finally finds true love.
The novel features a feisty heroine.
Word forms
singular: heroine
plural: heroines
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