hero
/ˈhɪɹ.oʊ/ noun A2- Somebody who possesses great bravery and carries out extraordinary or noble deeds. · My mom died a hero on duty.
- A role model.
- The protagonist in a work of fiction.
- The current player, especially a hypothetical player for example and didactic purposes. Compare: villain (“any opponent player”). Not to be confused with hero call (“a weak call against a supposed bluff”). · Let's discuss how to play if the hero has KK, and there's an ace on board.
- A large sandwich made from meats and cheeses.
- The product chosen from several candidates to be photographed, as in food advertising, or with props used in a movie.
- The eye-catching top portion of a web page, sometimes including a hero image; the portion above the fold.
- The standout component of a dish; the part of a dish that should take center stage on the palate.
Plural heroes
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Therefore, tolerably secure in being able to extricate himself from his position, provided he were not rated at the unreasonable sum of 5,050,000 francs, he stretched himself on his bed, and after turning over two or three times, fell asleep with the tranquillity of the hero whose life Luigi Vampa was studying.
Cavalcanti, dressed in black, like one of Goethe’s heroes, with varnished shoes and white silk open-worked stockings, passed a white and tolerably nice-looking hand through his light hair, and so displayed a sparkling diamond, that in spite of Monte Cristo’s advice the vain young man had been unable to resist putting on his little finger.
“Nay, madame; I would place each of these heroes on his right pedestal—that of Robespierre on his scaffold in the Place Louis Quinze; that of Napoleon on the column of the Place Vendôme.
“To give you pleasure, my sweet Renée, I promise to show all the lenity in my power; but if the charges brought against this Bonapartist hero prove correct, why, then, you really must give me leave to order his head to be cut off.”
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