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
Hero
\He"ro\, n.; pl.
Heroes. [F. h['e]ros, L. heros, Gr. ?.]
1. (Myth.) An illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after
death, to a place among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules.
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2. 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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Each man is a hero and oracle to somebody.
--Emerson.
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3. 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 [AE]neas in the [AE]neid.
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The shining quality of an epic hero. --Dryden.
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Hero worship, extravagant admiration for great men, likened
to the ancient worship of heroes.
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Hero worship exists, has existed, and will forever
exist, universally among mankind. --Carlyle.
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