Hero War Brave Local Extra Examples Noun ˈhɪərəʊ

• a war hero (= somebody who was very brave during a war)
• a hero of the first world war
• one of the country’s national heroes
• his charity work has made him something of a local hero.

hero

1. a person, especially a man, who is admired by many people for doing something brave or good
• SEE ALSO folk hero
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/folk-hero
• a war hero (= somebody who was very brave during a war)
• a hero of the First World War
• one of the country’s national heroes
• His charity work has made him something of a local hero.
• The Olympic team were given a hero's welcome on their return home.
• Scientists like her are typically unsung heroes (= people who are not praised or famous but deserve to be).
• He was hailed as a hero after the rescue.

Extra Examples

• Everyone played brilliantly, but Jones was the hero of the hour.
• He returned home from the tournament a conquering hero.
• He was hailed as a hero after the rescue.
• He was one of the great football heroes of his day.
• John was no hero—he stood back as his friends approached the two armed border guards.
• O'Reilly enjoyed hero status based on his ability with a ball.
• She was an unsung hero of the British film industry.
• The fight to save the forest turned him into a local hero.
• The song remembers the brave heroes who died for their country.
• James Dean was a cult hero of the fifties.
2. the main male character in a story, novel, film, etc.
• SEE ALSO anti-hero
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/anti-hero
• The hero of the novel is a ten-year old boy.
• action heroes like Bruce Willis

Extra Examples

• Being short and overweight, he was an unlikely romantic hero.
• Don Quixote, the eponymous hero of the novel by Cervantes
• Tired of playing the square-jawed hero, he sought out more challenging roles.
3. a person, especially a man, that you admire because of a particular quality or skill that they have
• my childhood hero
• He became a hero to millions for his decision to oppose the government's reforms.

Extra Examples

• a chance to meet his hero
• Jimi Hendrix was her guitar hero.
• In this album she pays tribute to her musical heroes.
• His father was a hero figure to him.
• Einstein is the all-time hero of many scientists.
4. a long bread roll split open along its length and filled with various types of food

Word Origin

• Middle English (with mythological reference): via Latin from Greek hērōs.