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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Shade :: Shade (n.) The soul after its separation from the body; -- so called because the ancients it to be perceptible to the sight, though not to the touch; a spirit; a ghost; as, the shades of departed heroes..
Aeneid :: Aeneid (n.) The great epic poem of Virgil, of which the hero is Aeneas..
Bombolo :: Bombolo (n.) A thin spheroidal glass retort or flask, used in the sublimation of camphor..
Unfaithful :: Unfaithful (a.) Not faithful; not observant of promises, vows, allegiance, or duty; violating trust or confidence; treacherous; perfidious; as, an unfaithful subject; an unfaithful agent or servant..
Trichogyne :: Trichogyne (n.) The slender, hairlike cell which receives the fertilizing particles, or antherozoids, in red seaweeds..
Serpent :: Serpent (n.) Fig.: A subtle, treacherous, malicious person..
Redoubtable :: Redoubtable (a.) Formidable; dread; terrible to foes; as, a redoubtable hero; hence, valiant; -- often in contempt or burlesque..
Spherosome :: Spherosome (n.) The body wall of any radiate animal.
Hero :: 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..
Heronshaw :: Heronshaw (n.) A heron.
Acheron :: Acheron (n.) A river in the Nether World or infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf..
Percheron :: Percheron (n.) One of a breed of draught horses originating in Perche, an old district of France; -- called also Percheron-Norman..
Inferiae :: Inferiae (n. pl.) Sacrifices offered to the souls of deceased heroes or friends.
Edda :: Edda (n.) The religious or mythological book of the old Scandinavian tribes of German origin, containing two collections of Sagas (legends, myths) of the old northern gods and heroes..
Atheromatous :: Atheromatous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or having the nature of, atheroma..
Great :: Great (superl.) Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty; noble; as, a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, etc..
Cryal :: Cryal (n.) The hero.
Antheroid :: Antheroid (a.) Resembling an anther.
Spermatozoid :: Spermatozoid (n.) The male germ cell in animals and plants, the essential element in fertilization; a microscopic animalcule-like particle, usually provided with one or more cilia by which it is capable of active motion. In animals, the familiar type is that of a small, more or less ovoid head, with a delicate threadlike cilium, or tail. Called also spermatozoon. In plants the more usual term is antherozoid..
Heronry :: Heronry (n.) A place where herons breed.
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