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heroes
(encz) | heroes,hrdinové Hynek Hanke |
Heroes
(gcide) | Hero \He"ro\ (h[=e]"r[-o]), n.; pl. Heroes (h[=e]"r[=o]z). [F.
h['e]ros, L. heros, Gr. "h`rws.]
1. (Myth.) An illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after
death, to a place among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules.
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2. A man of distinguished valor or enterprise in danger, or
fortitude in suffering; a prominent or central personage
in any remarkable action or event; hence, a great or
illustrious person.
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Each man is a hero and oracle to somebody.
--Emerson.
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3. The principal personage in a poem, story, and the like, or
the person who has the principal share in the transactions
related; as Achilles in the Iliad, Ulysses in the Odyssey,
and Aeneas in the Aeneid.
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The shining quality of an epic hero. --Dryden.
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Hero worship, extravagant admiration for great men, likened
to the ancient worship of heroes.
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Hero worship exists, has existed, and will forever
exist, universally among mankind. --Carlyle.
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heroes
(encz) | heroes,hrdinové Hynek Hanke |
superheroes
(encz) | superheroes,superhrdinové n: pl. Petr Prášek |
Heroess
(gcide) | Heroess \He"ro*ess\ (h[=e]"r[o^]*[e^]s), n.
A heroine. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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