What is the definition of a hero for you?

Answer 1

The person who'll save you.. in some cases, a hero can be that special friend who helps you through the bad times..

Answer 2

It is defined so one day when I happen to rescue a beautiful girl from her snow strapped vehicle, she adores my vigilant act from that moment on and will bow her head to request her alliagiance to my life for ever, evre and ever for I am her hero...hahah

Answer 3

Someone who goes to a rotten job everyday for their family.

Answer 4

Anyone who helps a person in need.

Answer 5

http://www.just-define.com/hero-definition.htm


Definition of hero

hero
n 1: a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and
strength; "RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of
Britain"
2: the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem
3: someone who fights for a cause [syn: champion, fighter,
paladin]
4: Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to
determine the area of a triangle and who described various
mechanical devices (first century) [syn: Heron, Hero of
Alexandria]
5: (classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage
celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a
mortal and a god
6: (Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself
when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the
Hellespont to see her
7: a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise
and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and
lettuce and condiments); different names are used in
different sections of the United States [syn: bomber, grinder,
hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Cuban sandwich, Italian
sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine
sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep]
[also: heroes (pl)]


As defined in: WordNet (r) 2.0

Hero \He"ro\, n.; pl. Heroes. [F. h['e]ros, L. heros, Gr. ?.]
1. (Myth.) An illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after
death, to a place among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules.

2. 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.

Each man is a hero and oracle to somebody.
--Emerson.

3. 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 [AE]neas in the [AE]neid.

The shining quality of an epic hero. --Dryden.

Hero worship, extravagant admiration for great men, likened
to the ancient worship of heroes.

Hero worship exists, has existed, and will forever
exist, universally among mankind. --Carlyle.


As defined in: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

hoagie \hoagie\, hoagy \hoagy\n.
a large sandwich on a long crusty roll that is split
lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and
onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used
in different sections of the U. S., such as hero,
grinder, and submarine.

Syn: bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, Cuban
sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine,
submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep.
[WordNet 1.5]


As defined in: English Monolingual Dictionaries

135 Moby Thesaurus words for "hero":
Achilles, David, Hector, Roland, Samson, a man, acme, actor,
antagonist, antihero, apotheosis, beau ideal, best type, big name,
bit, bit part, brave, bulldog, cast, celebrity, champ, champion,
character, chutzpanik, conquering hero, conqueror, conquistador,
constellation, cue, cynosure, danseur noble, decorated hero,
defeater, demigod, demigoddess, diva, easy winner, ego ideal,
exemplar, fat part, feature attraction, feeder, fighting cock,
figure, first tragedian, folk hero, galaxy, gallant, gamecock, god,
goddess, godkin, godlet, godling, good soldier, great man,
headliner, heavy, heavy lead, heroine, ideal, idol, immortal,
important person, ingenue, jeune premier, knight, lead, lead role,
leading lady, leading man, leading woman, lines, lion, luminaries,
luminary, man of courage, man of mark, master, master spirit,
mirror, name, notability, notable, paladin, pancratiast, paragon,
part, person, person of note, personage, phoenix, piece, pleiad,
pop hero, popular hero, popular idol, prima ballerina, prima donna,
principal, protagonist, public figure, role, runner-up,
shining example, shoo-in, side, singer, social lion, somebody,
soubrette, stalwart, star, straight part, subduer, subjugator,
superstar, supporting character, supporting role, sure winner,
the brave, tiger, title role, top dog, triumpher, valiant,
valiant knight, vanquisher, victor, villain, walk-on, walking part,
warrior, winner, worthy



As defined in: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0