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English Dictionary: Heroes by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hero \He"ro\, n.; pl. {Heroes}. [F. h[82]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 [92]neas in the [92]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.
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