TPPM _The Gift_: Sentence 3: hero

[Glenn Scheper]

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A favorite word: Related to eros I read,
thus I once coined this trick identity
for a common thread among abject men:

        Heroic Alterity <--> Erotic Unity.


 7 entries found for hero.
 he·ro (
 P )
 Pronunciation Key (hîr)
 n.
 pl.
 he·roes In mythology and legend,
 a man,
 often of divine ancestry,
 who is endowed with great courage and strength,
 celebrated for his bold exploits,
 and favored by the gods.
 A person noted for feats of courage or nobility of purpose,
 especially one who has risked or sacrificed his or her
 life:
 soldiers and nurses who were heroes in an unpopular war.
 A person noted for special achievement in a particular
 field:
 the heroes of medicine.
 See Synonyms at celebrity.
 The principal male character in a novel,
 poem,
 or dramatic presentation.
 Chiefly New York City.
 See submarine.
 See Regional Note at submarine.


 [Earlier heroe,
 back-formation from heroes,
 heroes,
 from Latin hrs,
 pl.
 of hrs,
 from Greek.
 See ser-1 in Indo-European Roots.]
 Usage Note:
 Many writers now consider hero,
 long restricted to men in the sense “a person noted for
 courageous action,” to be a gender-neutral term.
 It is used to refer to admired women as well as men in
 respected publications,
 as in this quotation from The Washington Post:
 “Already a national hero in her economically troubled South
 Korea,...
 [Se Ri]
 Pak is packing galleries at [golf]
 tournaments stateside.” The word heroine is still useful,
 however,
 in referring to the principal female character of a
 fictional work:
 Jane Eyre is a well-known literary heroine.
 Ninety-four percent of Usage Panelists accept this usage.


 He·ro1 (
 P )
 Pronunciation Key (hîr)
 n.
 Greek Mythology A priestess of Aphrodite beloved by
 Leander.


 He·ro2 (
 P )
 Pronunciation Key (hr,
 hîr)
 or He·ron (hrn),
 First century A.D.

 Alexandrian scientist who invented many water-driven and
 steam-driven machines and devised a formula for determining
 the area of a triangle.


 hero

 \He"ro\,
 n.;
 pl.
 Heroes.
 [F.
 h['e]ros,
 L.
 heros,
 Gr.
 ?.]
 1.
 (Myth.)
 An illustrious man,
 supposed to be exalted,
 after death,
 to a place among the gods;
 a demigod,
 as Hercules.

 2.
 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.

 Each man is a hero and oracle to somebody.
 --Emerson.

 3.
 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 [AE]neas in the [AE]neid.

 The shining quality of an epic hero.
 --Dryden.

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

 Hero worship exists,
 has existed,
 and will forever exist,
 universally among mankind.
 --Carlyle.


 hero

 n 1:
 a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and
 strength;
 "RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain"
 2:
 the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem
 3:
 someone who fights for a cause [syn:
 champion,
 fighter,
 paladin]
 4:
 Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to
 determine the area of a triangle and who described various
 mechanical devices (first century)
 [syn:
 Hero,
 Heron,
 Hero of Alexandria]
 5:
 (classical mythology)
 a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold
 exploits;
 often the offspring of a mortal and a god 6:
 (Greek mythology)
 priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover
 Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see
 her [syn:
 Hero]
 7:
 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 [syn:
 bomber,
 grinder,
 hero sandwich,
 hoagie,
 hoagy,
 Cuban sandwich,
 Italian sandwich,
 poor boy,
 sub,
 submarine,
 submarine sandwich,
 torpedo,
 wedge,
 zep]

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