hero : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a football player who has achieved a reputation for success
  

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• noun 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.
  

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• noun 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
  wedge; bomber; hero; sub; poor boy; submarine; zep; Cuban sandwich; grinder; torpedo; hoagie; Italian sandwich; hoagy; submarine sandwich.
  

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• noun admiration for great men (or their memory)
  

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• extravagant admiration for great men, likened to the ancient worship of heroes.

Webster 1913

• noun someone who worships heroes
  hero worshiper.
  

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• noun someone who worships heroes
  hero worshiper.
  

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• verb love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
  idolise; worship; revere; idolize.
  
  • Many teenagers idolized the Beatles

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