HERO
\hˈi͡əɹə͡ʊ], \hˈiəɹəʊ], \h_ˈiə_ɹ_əʊ]\
Definitions of HERO
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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(Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her
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(classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god
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a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength; "RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain"
By Princeton University
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(Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her
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(classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god
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a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength; "RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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A man of distinguished courage, moral or physical; as, every man is a hero to someone; the chief character in a play, etc.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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(orig.) A warrior, a demigod: a man of distinguished bravery: any illustrious person: the principal figure in any history or work of fiction:-fem. HEROINE.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Heroine.
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A man eminent for courage; anciently, a demigod.
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The chief male figure of a poem, play, or novel.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A man descended from a divinity, and ranked afterwards among the gods; a clear-seeing, self-reliant, self-sufficient, valiant man; a great, illustrious, or extraordinary person; the principal personage in a poem, romance, &c.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A man who displays remarkable intrepidity, enterprise, or courage in matters connected with danger or suffering; the principal character in a poem or tale.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
