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hero/heroine

NOUN

brave person; champion

Synonyms

WEAK

ace adventurer celebrity combatant conqueror daredevil demigod diva exemplar gallant god goddess great person heavy ideal idol lead leading person lion martyr model paladin person of the hour popular figure prima donna principal protagonist saint star superstar tin god victor worthy

Example Sentences

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If “Surrounded” had carried through its overdetermined premise more assuredly, she’d have made a compelling hero/heroine here.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2023

But I also like Virginia Woolf’s hero/heroine Orlando, with whom I’ve always begun my undergraduate seminar in biography.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2018

Tilda Swinton's breakout role uses her androgynous looks to stunning effect as Virginia Woolf's hero/heroine.

From The Guardian • Aug. 3, 2012

I was charged with interviewing Miss Welch in front of a packed house, prior to a screening of Myra Breckinridge, the cult camp catastrophe in which she plays the transgender hero/heroine of the title.

From Slate • Feb. 16, 2012

And so begins another quality European detective drama: flawed hero/heroine, institutional cynicism and corruption, wheels within wheels.

From The Guardian • Apr. 1, 2011