Definition of heros in English

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Noun Plural: heroes
hero - a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength; "RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain"
		leader a person who rules or guides or inspires others
hero - (classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god
		mythical being an imaginary being of myth or fable
		classical mythology the system of mythology of the Greeks and Romans together; much of Roman mythology (especially the gods) was borrowed from the Greeks
hero - (Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her
hero - Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)
		Heron, Hero of Alexandria
hero - the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem
hero - someone who fights for a cause
		champion, fighter, paladin
		guardian, protector, shielder, defender a person who cares for persons or property
hero - 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
		bomber, grinder, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep

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hero (Noun)
A real or mythical person of great bravery who carries out extraordinary deeds.
hero (Noun)
A role model .
hero (Noun)
The main protagonist in a work of fiction.
hero (Noun)
A large sandwich made from meats and cheeses; a hero sandwich .
hero (Noun)
The product chosen from several candidates to be photographed.

hero (n.)
An illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after death, to a place among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules.
hero (n.)
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.
hero (n.)
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 Aeneas in the Aeneid.

hero
The principal character in a work of fiction.
hero
Person who serves as a example of positive behavior, especially in some specific field.
hero
Person distinguished by exceptional courage, nobility and strength.
hero
A being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god.

hero
hē′rō, n. a man of distinguished bravery: any illustrious person: the principal figure in any history or work of fiction: (orig.) a demigod:—fem. Heroine (her′ō-in).—adj. Herō′ic, becoming a hero: courageous: illustrious: daring, rash.—n. a heroic verse: (pl.) extravagant phrases, bombast.—adj. Herō′ical.—adv. Herō′ically—(Milt.) Herō′icly.—ns. Herō′icalness, Herō′icness.—adjs. Herō′icomic, -al, consisting of a mixture of heroic and comic: designating the high burlesque.—ns. Her′oism, the qualities of a hero: courage: boldness; Hē′roship, the state of being a hero; Hē′ro-wor′ship, the worship of heroes: excessive admiration of great men.—Heroic age, the semi-mythical period of Greek history, when the heroes or demigods were represented to have lived among men; Heroic medicines, such as either kill or cure; Heroic size, in sculpture, larger than life, but less than colossal; Heroic verse, the style of verse in which the exploits of heroes are celebrated (in classical poetry, the hexameter; in English and German, the iambic of ten syllables; in French, the alexandrine). [Through O. Fr. and L. from Gr. hērōs; akin to L. vir, A.S. wer, a man, Sans. víra, a hero.]

hero
A man of distinguished valor, intrepidity, or enterprise in danger; a prominent or central personage in any remarkable action or event; hence, a great, illustrious, or extraordinary person.
hero
In mythology, an illustrious man, supposed by the populace to partake of immortality, and after his death to be placed among the gods.

A hero (rom the Greek word "ἣρως") in Greek mythology was a half-god or otherwise powerful human. They were also worshipped in hero cults.

Later, hero (male) or heroine (female) meant people who are good, moral, and courageous; they have heroism. They help in saving people or a society from bad people, villains, or any natural disasters. A hero can also be someone who is helpful, polite, or helping people who need it.

Sometimes, the protagonist (or main character) of a story is called the "hero" of the work (a book/film/etc.).
1985 movie
"Hero" is 1985 a Pakistani Urdu movie. It stars Waheed Murad, Babra Sharif, Mumtaz, Aslam Pervaiz, Saqi, Adil Murad and Nadeem. The movie was produced by Murad and directed by his friend Iqbal Yousuf.