"hero" meaning in English

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      "form": "hero",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heroes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The hero Hercules was said to have killed the nine head snake called \"hydra.\""
        },
        {
          "text": "I'm sorry your son died in battle, but he died a hero."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A hero is a person who is very brave and does great things. The hero may be real or not real, and often defeats dangerous enemies of the people."
      ],
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      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Leonardo DaVinci used to be my hero."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Your hero is a person you greatly admire. This may also be someone you want to be similar to."
      ],
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      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "\"Oh, my hero!\" she said to her rescuer."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Your hero is someone who saves or defends you."
      ],
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      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "A female hero is a heroine."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A hero is the main character in a story or film (movie)."
      ],
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      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Colloquial",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Short for hero sandwich."
      ],
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      "raw_tags": [
        "countable",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "A good person with special powers; a superhero."
      ],
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      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hɪroʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɪərəʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-hero.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hero"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hero",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "heroes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "heroes"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The hero Hercules was said to have killed the nine head snake called \"hydra.\""
        },
        {
          "text": "I'm sorry your son died in battle, but he died a hero."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A hero is a person who is very brave and does great things. The hero may be real or not real, and often defeats dangerous enemies of the people."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Leonardo DaVinci used to be my hero."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Your hero is a person you greatly admire. This may also be someone you want to be similar to."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "\"Oh, my hero!\" she said to her rescuer."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Your hero is someone who saves or defends you."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "A female hero is a heroine."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A hero is the main character in a story or film (movie)."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Colloquial",
        "Countable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Short for hero sandwich."
      ],
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        "countable",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A good person with special powers; a superhero."
      ],
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        "countable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hɪroʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɪərəʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-hero.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}