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hero

Definition for hero

noun as in person noted for acts of courage or good

noun as in role model or idol

noun as in principal character in story or drama

noun as in godlike being

noun as in submarine sandwich

Strong matches

grinder, hoagy, sub, submarine, torpedo

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Example Sentences

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“I’m working with my actual heroes,” Benton says of the cast.

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“He’s a neighborhood hero,” said Rebecca Brown, supervising attorney for the Immigrants’ Rights Project of Public Counsel.

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Poppy, a golden retriever, will be honoured as a "CPR hero" in London on Tuesday.

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In a 2018 interview with BBC Hindi, he said his father wanted him to study, but he fell in love with films early on and wanted to be a hero.

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The sleepy town of Hawkins is under quarantine as the show’s heroes search for a way to find and vanquish the baddie Vecna.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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