Main entry: hero
Definition: the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem
Main entry: poor boy, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, sub, Cuban sandwich, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, wedge, zep, bomber, Italian sandwich
Definition: 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
Main entry: Hero
Definition: (Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her
Main entry: champion, fighter, hero, paladin
Definition: someone who fights for a cause
Main entry: hero
Definition: (classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god
Main entry: hero
Definition: a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength
Usage: RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain
Main entry: Hero, Hero of Alexandria, Heron
Definition: Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)