hero

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

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

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

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

• someone who fights for a cause

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

• a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength
  • RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Hero , Heron , Hero of Alexandria , champion , fighter , paladin