Hero: alternatives and connections

A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol.

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One who defends; one who maintains, supports, protects, or vindicates; a champion; an advocate; a vindicator.

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One who guards, preserves, or secures; one to whom any person or thing is committed for protection, security, or preservation from injury; a warden.

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Not divided, or not to be divided; existing as one entity, or distinct being or object; single; one; as, an individual man, animal, or city.

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One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor.

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A human being; -- opposed tobeast.

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Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is mortal.

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One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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A character or part, as in a play; a specific kind or manifestation of individual character, whether in real life, or in literary or dramatic represe…

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Same as Person, n., 8.

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One who, or that which, defends or shields from injury, evil, oppression, etc.; a defender; a guardian; a patron.

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A part, or character, performed by an actor in a drama; hence, a part of function taken or assumed by any one; as, he has now taken the role of phila…

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Two pieces of bread and butter with a thin slice of meat, cheese, or the like, between them.

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A person unknown or uncertain; a person indeterminate; some person.

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Sole.

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Heroic.

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Heroic.

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To furnish with a champion; to attend or defend as champion; to support or maintain; to protect.

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One who fights; a combatant; a warrior.

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One who, or that which, grinds.

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A knight-errant; a distinguished champion; as, the paladins of Charlemagne.

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A subordinate; a subaltern.

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Being, acting, or growing, under water in the sea; as, submarine navigators; submarine plants.

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Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related to the rays, but have the power of giving…

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A piece of metal, or other hard material, thick at one end, and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood, rocks, etc., in raising…

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