HERO
Scrabble letter values: H4E1R1O1 = 7
Definition
- noun a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength.
- noun the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem.
- noun someone who fights for a cause. — synonyms: champion, fighter, paladin
- noun Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century). — synonyms: Heron, Hero_of_Alexandria
- noun (classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits.
- noun (Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her.
- noun 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). — synonyms: bomber, grinder, hero_sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Cuban_sandwich, Italian_sandwich, poor_boy
Examples
- “RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain”
- “often the offspring of a mortal and a god”
- “different names are used in different sections of the United States”