Definitions For Hero

noun

• The principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem
• 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
• (Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her
• Someone who fights for a cause
• (classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god
• A man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength
• Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)
• A person who is admired for great or brave acts or fine qualities
• A person who is greatly admired
• The chief male character in a story, play, movie, etc.