Definition of Hero

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Definition of Hero

Hero

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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Hero Quotations

My belt holds my pants up, but the belt loops hold my belt up. I don't really know what's happening down there. Who is the real hero?
Mitch Hedberg

This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.
Will Rogers

Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.
Will Rogers

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Every hero becomes a bore at last.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.
Bob Dylan

I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.
Bob Dylan

A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.
Plato

And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
Walt Whitman

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
Joseph Campbell

Hero Translations

hero in Afrikaans is held
hero in Dutch is heros, held
hero in Finnish is sankari
hero in German is Held
hero in Italian is eroe
hero in Latin is vir
hero in Norwegian is helt

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