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"sense": "female hero",
"word": "հերոսուհի"
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"word": "гераі́ня"
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"roman": "biraṅgona",
"sense": "female hero",
"word": "বীরাঙ্গনা"
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"roman": "nǚyīngxióng",
"sense": "female hero",
"word": "女英雄"
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"sense": "female hero",
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"sense": "female hero",
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"lang": "Esperanto",
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"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "female hero",
"word": "kangelanna"
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"sense": "female hero",
"word": "sankaritar"
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"sense": "female hero",
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"word": "héroïne"
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"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gmiri kali",
"sense": "female hero",
"word": "გმირი ქალი"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "female hero",
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "iroḯda",
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],
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"word": "नायिका"
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"sense": "female hero",
"word": "hősnő"
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"sense": "female hero",
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"word": "eroina"
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"alt": "ゆうふ",
"code": "ja",
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"roman": "yūfu",
"sense": "female hero",
"word": "勇婦"
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"word": "ヒロイン"
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"alt": "れつじょ",
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"roman": "retsujo",
"sense": "female hero",
"word": "烈女"
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"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "nea ry klar harn",
"sense": "female hero",
"word": "នារីក្លាហាន"
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"sense": "female hero",
"word": "វីរនារី"
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"roman": "hiroin",
"sense": "female hero",
"word": "히로인"
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"roman": "yeojayeong'ung",
"sense": "female hero",
"word": "여자영웅"
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"word": "varone"
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"sense": "female hero",
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"word": "didvyrė"
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"word": "херои́на"
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"word": "јунакиња"
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"sense": "female hero",
"word": "wirawati"
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"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "female hero",
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"sense": "female hero",
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"word": "eroïna"
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"roman": "atëla",
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"word": "اتله"
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"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "širzan",
"sense": "female hero",
"word": "شیرزن"
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"sense": "female hero",
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"word": "bohaterka"
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"sense": "female hero",
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"word": "heroína"
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],
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"_dis1": "71 29",
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"sense": "female hero",
"word": "วีรสตรี"
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"word": "kadın kahraman"
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"sense": "female hero",
"word": "nữ anh hùng"
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"word": "העלדין"
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"ref": "1616, D[aniel] T[uvill], “Of their outward modestie”, in Asylum Veneris, or A Sanctuary for Ladies. Iustly Protecting Them, Their Virtues, and Sufficiencies from the Foule Aspersions and Forged Imputations of Traducing Spirits., London: […] Edward Griffin for Laurence L’isle, […], page 41",
"text": "Theoxena to free hir Siſters children and hir owne from the laſciuious embraces of King Phillip, put weapons into their weaker hands, and perſwaded them Vt imminens ludibrium morte effugerent; to reſcue themſelues by Death from imminent diſgrace, wherein ſhe had no ſooner preuailed, but with a heroine reſolution ſhe ſhewed them by hir owne example, that what ſhee had taught them, was eaſie to be done.",
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"ref": "1669, [William Wycherley], Hero and Leander, in Burlesque, London: [s.n.], page 13",
"text": "Her Brows ſoft Fur was of a paler Dye, / Conformable to that which prettily / Peep’d on her upper Lip, and cowardly / Made shew of Heroine Virility.",
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"ref": "1702 April 28, the Borough of Great Torrington, “To the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty”, in The London Gazette, number 3810, London: […] Edw[ard] Jones […], published 14–18 May 1702, page [2], columns 1–2",
"text": "WE Your Majesties most Loyal and Dutiful Subjects do humbly crave Leave to Condole the Death of our late Gracious Sovereign, and to Congratulate Your Majesties happy Accession to the Throne of your Royal Anceſtors; as alſo to expreſs our great Satisfaction and unſpeakable Joy for the ſame, and to thank God for preſerving and quietly ſeating on the Imperial Throne of theſe Realms a Princeſs with Heart and Affections truly Engliſh, with a Zeal for the Government in Church and State as by Law Establiſhed, truly worthy of that Royal Blood that flows to you from your Royal Grandfather King Charles the Martyr, of Immortal Memory, and with a Soul truly Great and Heroine, juſtly concerned for the Proſperity of theſe Realms, and the Peace of Europe.",
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"ref": "1616, D[aniel] T[uvill], “Of their outward modestie”, in Asylum Veneris, or A Sanctuary for Ladies. Iustly Protecting Them, Their Virtues, and Sufficiencies from the Foule Aspersions and Forged Imputations of Traducing Spirits., London: […] Edward Griffin for Laurence L’isle, […], page 41",
"text": "Theoxena to free hir Siſters children and hir owne from the laſciuious embraces of King Phillip, put weapons into their weaker hands, and perſwaded them Vt imminens ludibrium morte effugerent; to reſcue themſelues by Death from imminent diſgrace, wherein ſhe had no ſooner preuailed, but with a heroine reſolution ſhe ſhewed them by hir owne example, that what ſhee had taught them, was eaſie to be done.",
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"ref": "1702 April 28, the Borough of Great Torrington, “To the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty”, in The London Gazette, number 3810, London: […] Edw[ard] Jones […], published 14–18 May 1702, page [2], columns 1–2",
"text": "WE Your Majesties most Loyal and Dutiful Subjects do humbly crave Leave to Condole the Death of our late Gracious Sovereign, and to Congratulate Your Majesties happy Accession to the Throne of your Royal Anceſtors; as alſo to expreſs our great Satisfaction and unſpeakable Joy for the ſame, and to thank God for preſerving and quietly ſeating on the Imperial Throne of theſe Realms a Princeſs with Heart and Affections truly Engliſh, with a Zeal for the Government in Church and State as by Law Establiſhed, truly worthy of that Royal Blood that flows to you from your Royal Grandfather King Charles the Martyr, of Immortal Memory, and with a Soul truly Great and Heroine, juſtly concerned for the Proſperity of theſe Realms, and the Peace of Europe.",
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"text": "I had once more prevailed on Mrs. Eſten to try her York friends; ſhe rather wiſhed to avoid the hazard, as ſhe rightly judged ſhe had been treated ſo very negligently, after a profuſion of praiſe and promiſe; however from my ſolicitation ſhe did break through her heroine reſolution, and once more on her return from Scotland ventured her little bark to the generoſity and pleaſure of her profeſſed friends at York.",
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"ref": "1824 February 24, Daniel O’Connell, edited by John O’Connell, The Life and Speeches of Daniel O’Connell, M.P., volume II, Dublin: […] James Duffy, […]; London: C. Dolman, […], published 1846, page 507",
"text": "How otherwise than by a violation of a pledge could he have conquered Limerick, protected as it then was by the heroine bravery of its defenders.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Characteristic of a heroine; heroic."
],
"links": [
[
"heroic",
"heroic"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) Characteristic of a heroine; heroic."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈhɛɹoʊɪn/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈhɪɹoʊɪn/"
},
{
"homophone": "heroin"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪn"
},
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/En-us-heroine.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
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}
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