Found 3 items, similar to hero.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: hero
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: hero
hero
n 1: a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and
strength;
“RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of
Britain”
2: the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem
3: someone who fights for a cause [syn:
champion,
fighter,
paladin]
4: Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to
determine the area of a triangle and who described various
mechanical devices (first century) [syn:
Heron,
Hero of Alexandria
]
5: (classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage
celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a
mortal and a god
6: (Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself
when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the
Hellespont to see her
7: 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 [syn:
bomber,
grinder,
hero sandwich,
hoagie,
hoagy,
Cuban sandwich,
Italian sandwich
,
poor boy,
sub,
submarine,
submarine sandwich
,
torpedo,
wedge,
zep]
[also:
heroes (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: hero
Sub
\Sub\, n.
1. A subordinate; a subaltern. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]
2. a shortened form of
submarine, the boat.
[PJC]
3. a shortened form of
submarine sandwich; also called
hero,
hero sandwich, and
grinder.
[PJC]
submarine sandwich
\sub`ma*rine“ sand”wich\, n.
A large sandwich on an elongated roll, usually incompletely
cut into two halves, filed with various cold cuts, meatballs,
lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, olives, etc., and spiced
variously, and often having oil or other dressing applied;
called also
hoagie,
hero,
hero sandwich,
grinder,
sub,
submarine,
poor boy, and
Italian sandwich. A
single such sandwich may consitute a substantial meal. Very
large variants are sometimes prepared for social gatherings
and cut into pieces for individual consumption.
[PJC]
hoagie
\hoagie\, hoagy
\hoagy\n.
a large sandwich on a long crusty roll that is 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 U. S., such as
hero,
grinder, and
submarine.
Syn: bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, Cuban
sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine,
submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep.
[WordNet 1.5]