Hero
Definition of Hero
He´ro | n. | 1. | (Myth.) An illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after death, to a place among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules. | | 2. | 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. | | 3. | 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 Æneas in the Æneid. |
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