A man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength.

Roget 861: courage, bravery, valor; resoluteness, boldness etc. adj.; spirit, daring, gallantry, intrepidity; contempt of danger, defiance of danger; derring-do; audacity; rashness etc. 863; dash; defiance etc. 715; confidence, self-reliance.    manliness, manhood; nerve, pluck, mettle, game; heart, heart of grace; spunk, guts, face, virtue, hardihood, fortitude, intestinal fortitude; firmness etc. (stability) 150; heart of oak; bottom, backbone, spine etc. (perseverance) 604.1. resolution etc. (determination) 604; bulldog courage.    prowess, heroism, chivalry.    exploit, feat, achievement; heroic deed, heroic act; bold stroke.    man, man of mettle; hero, demigod, Amazon, Hector; lion, tiger, panther, bulldog; gamecock, fighting-cock; bully, fire eater etc. 863.    ... show more

Roget 873: distinction, mark, name, figure; repute, reputation; good repute, high repute; note, notability, notoriety, eclat, the bubble reputation" [As You Like It], vogue, celebrity; fame, famousness; renown; popularity, aura popularis [Lat.]; approbation etc. 931; credit, succes d'estime [Fr.], prestige, talk of the town; name to conjure with.    glory, honor; luster etc. (light) 420; illustriousness etc. adj.. account, regard, respect; reputableness etc. adj.^†; respectability etc. (probity) 939; good name, good report; fair name.    dignity; stateliness etc. adj.; solemnity, grandeur, splendor, nobility, majesty, sublimity.    rank, standing, brevet rank, precedence, pas, station, place, status; position, position in society; order, degree, baccalaureate, locus standi [Lat.], caste, condition.    greatness etc. adj.; eminence; height etc. 206; importance etc. 642; preeminence, supereminence; high mightiness, primacy; top of the ladder, top of the tree.    elevation; ascent etc. 305; superaltation^†, exaltation; dignification^†, aggrandizement.    dedication, consecration, enthronement, canonization, celebration, enshrinement, glorification.    hero, man of mark, great card, celebrity, worthy, lion, rara avis [Lat.], notability, somebody; classman^†; man of rank etc. (nobleman) 875; pillar of the state, pillar of the church, pillar of the community.    chief etc. (master) 745; first fiddle etc. (proficient) 700; cynosure, mirror; flower, pink, pearl; paragon etc. (perfection) 650; choice and master spirits of the age; elite; star, sun, constellation, galaxy.    ornament, honor, feather in one's cap, halo, aureole, nimbus; halo of glory, blaze of glory, blushing honors; laurels etc. (trophy) 733.    memory, posthumous fame, niche in the temple of fame; immortality, immortal name; magni nominis umbra [Lat.] [Lucan]. ... show more

Roget 948: good man, honest man, worthy.    good woman, perfect lady, Madonna.    model, paragon etc. (perfection) 650; good example; hero, heroine, demigod, seraph, angel; innocent etc. 946; saint etc. (piety) 987; benefactor etc. 912; philanthropist etc. 910; Aristides^†; noble liver^†, pattern.    brick [Slang], trump [Slang], gem, jewel, good fellow, prince, diamond in the rough, rough diamond, ugly duckling^†.    salt of the earth; one in ten thousand; one in a million; a gentleman and a scholar; pillar of society, pillar of the community, a man among men.    ... show more

Polish: rycerzyk

The principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem.

Dutch: hoofdfiguur, hoofdpersoon, protagonist, tenor
Polish: bohater

Someone who fights for a cause.

synonyms: champion, fighter, paladin.

Dutch: paladijn
Polish: bojownik

Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century).

synonyms: Hero of Alexandria, Heron.

classical mythology A being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god.

Dutch: heldin, held
Polish: półbóg, heros, bohater

Greek mythology Priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her.

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.

synonyms: bomber, Cuban sandwich, grinder, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep ... show more.

Dutch: Zep, hoofdrolspeler