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Meaning of 'hero' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Hero [ n.]
- An illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after death, to a place among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules.
- 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.
- 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.

Meaning of 'hero' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . hero [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength
Example in sentence:
  • RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain

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