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- Definition
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- hero :a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength
- RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain
- hero :the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem
- hero :someone who fights for a cause
- hero :Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)
- hero :(classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god
- hero :(Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her
- hero :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