## Meanings
1. A person who is admired for their bravery or for doing something good and difficult.
2. The main character in a story, film, or play, especially a good or admirable one.
3. A person you admire greatly and want to be like.

## Examples
- The firefighter was hailed as a hero for saving the trapped family.
- The hero of the novel finally defeats his enemy.
- My grandfather has always been my hero.

## Synonyms
- bully
- daredevil
- goodie
- hector
- lion
- lionheart
- sub
- thunderbolt
- tiger
- worthy
- wye

## Antonyms
- antihero
- coward
- villain

## Derived Forms
- anti-hero
- antihero
- cyberhero
- herodom
- heroess
- herohood
- heroic
- heroics
- heroify
- heroise
- heroism
- heroization

## Related Forms
- brave
- demigod
- halfgod
- kamikaze
- martyr
- model
- shaheed

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *ser- (guard)
- Root: heroes
- Root: hērōs
- Root: ἥρως
- Root: *ser-

## Etymology
From Middle English heroes, from Old French heroes, from Latin hērōs (“hero”), from Ancient Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs, “demi-god, hero”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to watch over, protect”); if so, related to Latin servo (“protect”). Displaced Middle English heleð, haleð, from Old English hæleþ, hæle.

## AI Etymology
Hero comes from Middle English heroes, from Old French heroes, from Latin hērōs (“hero”), from Ancient Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs, “demi-god, hero”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to watch over, protect”); if so, related to Latin servo (“protect”). Displaced Middle English heleð, haleð, from Old English hæleþ, hæle. In current use, the main senses are “A person who is admired for their bravery or for doing something good and difficult” and “The main character in a story, film, or play, especially a good or admirable one”.

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- Entertainment & Leisure

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