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Quick definitions from WordNet (hero)

▸ noun:  the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem
▸ noun:  (Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her
▸ noun:  (classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god
▸ noun:  a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength ("RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain")
▸ noun:  Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)
▸ 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); different names are used in different sections of the United States
▸ noun:  someone who fights for a cause
▸ name:  A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #83853)

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