hero
Noun
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A man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength (synset 110344679)
"RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain"is a type of: leader - a person who rules or guides or inspires others
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The principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem (synset 105938456)
is a type of: character, part, persona, role, theatrical role - an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
- Someone who fights for a cause (synset 109925991)
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Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century) (synset 111065101)
is an instance of:
- artificer, discoverer, inventor - someone who is the first to think of or make something
- mathematician - a person skilled in mathematics
same as: hero of alexandria, heron -
(classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits;
Often the offspring of a mortal and a god (synset 110192757)referred to in: classical mythology - the system of mythology of the Greeks and Romans together; much of Roman mythology (especially the gods) was borrowed from the Greeksis a type of: mythical being - an imaginary being of myth or fable -
(Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her (synset 109577426)
referred to in: greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeksis an instance of: mythical being - an imaginary being of myth or fable
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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 (synset 107713570)is a type of: sandwich - two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between themsame as: bomber, cuban sandwich, grinder, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep
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