heroine

Noun
  1. The main good female character in a work of fiction (synset 110192976)
    is a type of: character, part, persona, role, theatrical role - an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
  2. A woman possessing heroic qualities or a woman who has performed heroic deeds (synset 110193081)
    is a type of: adult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
    specific instances:
    • judith - Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes
    • mary ludwig hays mccauley, mary mccauley, mccauley, molly pitcher - heroine of the American Revolution who carried water to soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth Court House and took over her husband's gun when he was overcome by heat (1754-1832)

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