Thesaurus: hero

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1. n. An illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after death, to a place among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules.
2. n. 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.
3. n. 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 Aeneas in the Aeneid.
4. n. a person distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength
5. n. the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem
6. n. someone who fights for a cause
7. n. (classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god
8. n. 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
9. 1. (Myth.) An illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after death, to a place among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules. 2. 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. Each man is a hero and oracle to somebody. Emerson. 3. 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. The shining quality of an epic hero. Dryden. Hero worship, extravagant admiration for great men, likened to the ancient worship of heroes. Hero worship exists, has existed, and will forever exist, universally among mankind. Carlyle.
10. An illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after death, to aplace among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules.
11. n:100 n. a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength n. the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem n. Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century) n. (classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god