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hero | the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem | |
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fighter, hero, champion, paladin | someone who fights for a cause | |
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torpedo, bomber, wedge, grinder, submarine, sub, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, submarine sandwich, zep, spuckie, po' boy | 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); different names are used in different sections of the United States | |
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hero | [in classical_mythology] a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god | |
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Hero, Heron, Hero of Alexandria | Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century) | |
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Hero | [in greek_mythology] priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her | |
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hero | a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength |