hero

noun

1. a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength

   noun.person

   Examples

   RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem

   noun.cognition

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. someone who fights for a cause

   noun.person

   Synonyms champion fighter paladin

   Source: WordNet 3.0

4. Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)

   noun.person

   Synonyms hero of alexandria heron

   Source: WordNet 3.0

5. (classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god

   noun.person

   Source: WordNet 3.0

6. (Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her

   noun.person

   Source: WordNet 3.0

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

   noun.food

   Synonyms bomber cuban sandwich grinder hero sandwich hoagie hoagy italian sandwich poor boy sub submarine submarine sandwich torpedo wedge zep

   Source: WordNet 3.0

8. An illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after death, to a place among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules.

   noun

   Source: webster1913