Canadian French Meaning of hero

héros

Other Canadian French words related to héros

Definitions and Meaning of hero in English

Wordnet

hero (n)

a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength

the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem

someone who fights for a cause

Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)

(classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god

(Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her

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

Webster

hero (n.)

An illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after death, to a place among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules.

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.

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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héros

a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength, the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem, someone who fights for a caus

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hernshaw => Héron, herniotomy => herniotomie, herniation => hernie, herniated disc => Hernie discale, hernias => hernies,