Heroes

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hero \He"ro\ (h[=e]"r[-o]), n.; pl. {Heroes} (h[=e]"r[=o]z). [F.
     h['e]ros, L. heros, Gr. "h`rws.]
     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 Aeneas in the Aeneid.
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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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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)]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  heroes
       See {hero}