Category:Individual heroes and heroines
This category is for historical persons for whom a defining characteristic is being know for a heroic deed(s): Hero (masculine) and heroine (feminine) refer to people or characters that, in the face of danger and adversity or from a position of weakness, display courage and the will for self-sacrifice, that is, heroism, for some greater good.
More definitions of "hero"
- hero, Noun (plural heroes): "Somebody who possesses great bravery and carries out extraordinary or noble deeds." (From Middle English heroes, from Old French heroes, from Latin hērōs (“hero”), from Ancient Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs, “demi-god, hero”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to watch over, protect”).Related to Latin servo (“protect”). Displaced Middle English heleð, haleð, from Old English hæleþ, hæle.) Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
- Hero (UK: /ˈhɪə.rəʊ/ US: /ˈhɪr.oʊ/, noun: "a person who is admired for having done something very brave..." Cambridge Dictionary.
- he·ro (/ˈhirō,ˈhērō/) noun, countable: "a person who is admired or idealized for courage..." Oxford English Dictionary, per Google.
Subcategories
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Pages in category "Individual heroes and heroines"
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