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• a war hero (= somebody who was very brave during a war)
• the olympic team were given a hero's welcome on their return home.
• one of the country’s national heroes
• the hero of the novel is a ten-year old boy.

hero

1. a person, especially a man, who is admired by many people for doing something brave or good
• a war hero (= somebody who was very brave during a war)
• The Olympic team were given a hero's welcome on their return home.
• one of the country’s national heroes
2. the main male character in a story, novel, film/movie, etc.
• The hero of the novel is a ten-year old boy.
3. a person, especially a man, that you admire because of a particular quality or skill that they have
• my childhood hero
• = submarine (2)
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/submarine_1

Extra Examples

• Being short and overweight, he was an unlikely romantic hero.
• Bugs Bunny was one of my childhood heroes.
• Don Quixote, the eponymous hero of the novel by Cervantes
• Einstein is the all-time hero of many scientists.
• Everyone played brilliantly, but Jones was the hero of the hour.
• He died a national hero.
• He returned home from the tournament a conquering hero.
• He was a hero to all his friends.
• He was hailed as a hero after the rescue.
• He was one of the great football heroes of his day.
• His father was a hero figure to him.
• In his war stories he portrayed himself as the all-conquering hero.
• In this album she pays tribute to her musical heroes.
• James Dean was a cult hero of the fifties.
• Jimi Hendrix was her guitar hero.
• John was no hero—he stood back as his friends approached the two armed border guards.
• John was no hero—he was willing to let others fight.
• 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.
• Tired of playing the square-jawed hero, he sought out more challenging roles.
• Tom Cruise played the hero.
• a chance to meet his hero
• a fallen hero trying to regain his position
• He was a war hero , but he never talked about it.
• The Olympic team were given a hero’s welcome on their return home.
• Tired of playing boring old romantic heroes, he sought out more challenging roles.
• To this day he remains one of the country’s national heroes.

Word Origin

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