hero

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W3 [ˈhıərəu US ˈhırou] n plural heroes

[Date: 1500-1600; : Latin; Origin: heros, from Greek]

1.) a man who is admired for doing something extremely brave

→↑heroine

▪ He had dared to speak out against injustice, and overnight he became a national hero .

▪ His father was a war hero , a former fighter pilot.

▪ the unsung heroes who drove convoys of aid to Bosnia

hero of

▪ a hero of the Great War

▪ A man hailed as a hero for fifty years has been unmasked as a traitor.

2.) the man or boy who is the main character in a book, film, play etc

→↑heroine hero of

▪ Phileas Fogg, hero of Jules Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days

3.) a man who is admired very much for a particular skill or quality

→↑heroine sb's hero

▪ When I was small, Uncle Fred was my hero.

hero of

▪ Einstein is the hero of those who explore science at its deepest level.

4.) AmE a long thin ↑sandwich filled with meat, cheese etc

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COLLOCATES for sense 1

national hero (=a hero in a particular country)

local hero

war hero (=a soldier who was very brave in a war)

unsung hero (=someone whose bravery was not noticed or recognized)

folk hero (=an ordinary person who does something brave and becomes a hero in a particular place)

accidental hero (=someone who becomes a hero by chance)

be hailed as a hero (=be said to be a hero)

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