Meaning

Somebody who possesses great bravery and carries out extraordinary or noble deeds..

Definitions by Sense

1. Somebody who possesses great bravery and carries out extraordinary or noble deeds.
2. A role model.
3. The protagonist in a work of fiction.
4. (poker) The current player, especially a hypothetical player for example and didactic purposes. Compare: villain (“any opponent player”). Not to be confused with hero call (“a weak call against a supposed bluff”).
5. (New York) A large sandwich made from meats and cheeses.
6. (film, photography, chiefly attributive) The product chosen from several candidates to be photographed, as in food advertising, or with props used in a movie.
7. (web design) The eye-catching top portion of a web page, sometimes including a hero image; the portion above the fold.
8. (cooking) The standout component of a dish; the part of a dish that should take center stage on the palate.

Example Sentences

My mom died a hero on duty.

"I'm no hero," insists freckle-faced 14-year-old Freddie Hanberry. But to many of the young cancer patients, nurses and staff at University Medical Center here, he is as close as you can get. The "hero" talk began when a national magazine featured Hanberry, who has leukemia, in a special section called "100 New American Heroes."

Every cancer victim is a true hero.

She is my hero, my heart, my baby till the end of time,” said Gabby's father

Each flag represents a hero, Andrews said, whether a first responder or victim of 9/11, active, fallen, or retired military, special friend or family member.

At the time, with the D-Day invasion of Europe going on, their heroism was hardly noticed. Plenty of other heroes were dying elsewhere. Plenty of bigger bits of history were being made.

However, even this great hero of the story is somewhat of a simpleton (when he lets himself be crucially deceived by Peacock Ravana in Vibhisana's shape), and a weakling (when in spite of all his strength he is almost beaten by his own son, one of the rākṣasas)

Satan is wrongly called the hero of Paradise Lost. He is really the villain-hero or the counter-hero

Word Forms

• heroes
• heros
• heroing
• heroeing
• heroed

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Use hero when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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