Heroine : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Heroine	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Heroine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
heroine n the main good female character in a work of fiction a woman possessing heroic qualities or a woman who has performed heroic deeds
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Heroine \Her"oine\, n. [F. h[82]ro[8b]ne, L. heroina, Gr. [?], fem. of [?]. See {Hero}.] 1. A woman of an heroic spirit. The heroine* assumed the woman's place. --Dryden. 2. The principal female person who figures in a remarkable action, or as the subject of a poem or story.