Definition of hero

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Hero (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..

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Heroic :: Heroic (a.) Larger than life size, but smaller than colossal; -- said of the representation of a human figure..
Hemispheroidal :: Hemispheroidal (a.) Resembling, or approximating to, a hemisphere in form..
Romance :: Romance (n.) A species of fictitious writing, originally composed in meter in the Romance dialects, and afterward in prose, such as the tales of the court of Arthur, and of Amadis of Gaul; hence, any fictitious and wonderful tale; a sort of novel, especially one which treats of surprising adventures usually befalling a hero or a heroine; a tale of extravagant adventures, of love, and the like..
Perseus :: Perseus (n.) A Grecian legendary hero, son of Jupiter and Danae, who slew the Gorgon Medusa..
Crabeater :: Crabeater (n.) A small European heron (Ardea minuta, and other allied species)..
Eleutheromaniac :: Eleutheromaniac (a.) Mad for freedom.
Ochreous :: Ochreous (a.) Of or pertaining to ocher; containing or resembling ocher; as, ocherous matter; ocherous soil..
Traitorous :: Traitorous (a.) Guilty of treason; treacherous; perfidious; faithless; as, a traitorous officer or subject..
Botryoidal :: Botryoidal (a.) Having the form of a bunch of grapes; like a cluster of grapes, as a mineral presenting an aggregation of small spherical or spheroidal prominences..
Hemispheroid :: Hemispheroid (n.) A half of a spheroid.
Punic :: Punic (a.) Characteristic of the ancient Carthaginians; faithless; treacherous; as, Punic faith..
Litherly :: Litherly (a.) Crafty; cunning; mischievous; wicked; treacherous; lazy.
Chappion :: Chappion (n.) One who engages in any contest; esp. one who in ancient times contended in single combat in behalf of another's honor or rights; or one who acts or speaks in behalf of a person or a cause; a defender; an advocate; a hero.
Chivalrous :: Chivalrous (a.) Pertaining to chivalry or knight-errantry; warlike; heroic; gallant; high-spirited; high-minded; magnanimous.
Doughty :: Doughty (superl.) Able; strong; valiant; redoubtable; as, a doughty hero..
Academy :: Academy (n.) A garden or grove near Athens (so named from the hero Academus), where Plato and his followers held their philosophical conferences; hence, the school of philosophy of which Plato was head..
Prime :: Prime (a.) Lecherous; lustful; lewd.
Herodiones :: Herodiones (n. pl.) A division of wading birds, including the herons, storks, and allied forms. Called also Herodii..
Valhalla :: Valhalla (n.) The palace of immortality, inhabited by the souls of heroes slain in battle..
Eleuthero-petalous :: Eleuthero-petalous (a.) Having the petals free, that is, entirely separate from each other; -- said of both plant and flower..
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