Noun | 1. | hero - a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength; "RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain" |
| 2. | hero - the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem |
| 3. | hero - someone who fights for a cause |
| 4. | Hero - Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century) |
| 5. | hero - (classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god |
| 6. | Hero - (Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her |
| 7. | hero - 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 StatesSynonyms: Cuban sandwich, grinder, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine sandwich, zep, torpedo, wedge, submarine, bomber |
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