| Sounds | hhih'row; hhiy'row | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Afro ... zero: 75 rhymes with row... | |
| Meaning | A man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength. | |
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| Example | "RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain" | |
| Instances | Arminius, Armin, Hermann | German hero |
| Job | A Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him | |
| Broader | leader | A person who rules or guides or inspires others |
| Spanish | héroe | |
| Catalan | heroi | |
| Adjectives | heroical | having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes |
| Meaning | The principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | character, role, theatrical role, part, persona | An actor's portrayal of someone in a play |
| Spanish | héroe | |
| Catalan | heroi | |
| Meaning | someone who fights / fights for a cause. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | champion, fighter, paladin | |
| Broader | defender, guardian, protector, shielder | A person who cares for persons or property |
| Spanish | héroe, luchador, paladín, paladino | |
| Catalan | heroi, lluitador, paladí, paladín | |
| Adjectives | heroical | having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes |
| Meaning | Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century). | |
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| Synonyms | Heron, Hero of Alexandria | |
| Instance of | inventor, discoverer, artificer | someone who is the first to think of or make something |
| mathematician | A person skilled in mathematics | |
| Meaning | (classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god. | |
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| Category | classical mythology | The system of mythology of the Greeks and Romans together |
| Broader | mythical being | An imaginary being of myth or fable |
| Spanish | héroe | |
| Catalan | heroi, heroïna | |
| Adjectives | heroic | relating to or characteristic of heroes of antiquity |
| heroical | having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes | |
| Meaning | (Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her. | |
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| Category | Greek mythology | The mythology of the ancient Greeks |
| Instance of | mythical being | An imaginary being of myth or fable |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonyms | bomber, grinder, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep | |
| Broader | sandwich | Two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them |
| Spanish | hoagie, submarino, zep | |
| Catalan | hoagie, hoagy, zep | |
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