Actornoun
A person who performs in a theatrical play or film.
Heronoun
Somebody who possesses great bravery and carries out extraordinary deeds.
Actornoun
One who acts; a doer.
Heronoun
A role model.
Actornoun
One who takes part in a situation.
Heronoun
(authorship) The main protagonist in a work of fiction.
Actornoun
(legal) An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.
Heronoun
(poker) The current player, especially an hypothetical player for example and didactic purposes. Compare: any opponent player. Not to be confused with a weak call against a supposed bluff.
âLet's discuss how to play if the hero has KK, and there's an ace on board.â;
Actornoun
(legal) One who institutes a suit; plaintiff or complainant.
Heronoun
(US) A large sandwich made from meats and cheeses; a hero sandwich.
Actornoun
(policy debate) One who enacts a certain policy action.
Heronoun
The product chosen from several candidates to be photographed.
Actornoun
(software engineering) The entity that performs a role (in use case analysis).
Heronoun
An illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after death, to a place among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules.
Actornoun
One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.
Heronoun
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.
âEach man is a hero and oracle to somebody.â;
Actornoun
A theatrical performer; a stageplayer.
âAfter a well graced actor leaves the stage.â;
Heronoun
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 Æneas in the Æneid.
âThe shining quality of an epic hero.â; âHero worship exists, has existed, and will forever exist, universally among mankind.â;
Actornoun
An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.
Heronoun
a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength;
âRAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britainâ;
Actornoun
a theatrical performer
Heronoun
the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem
Actornoun
a person who acts and gets things done;
âhe's a principal actor in this affairâ; âwhen you want something done get a doerâ; âhe's a miracle workerâ;
Heronoun
someone who fights for a cause
Actor
An actor is a person who portrays a character in a performance (also actress; see below). The actor performs in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television.
âin the fleshâ;
Heronoun
Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)
Heronoun
(classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god
Heronoun
(Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her
Heronoun
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
Hero
A hero (heroine in its feminine form) is a real person or a main fictional character who, in the face of danger, combats adversity through feats of ingenuity, courage, or strength. Like other formerly solely gender-specific terms (like actor), hero is often used to refer to any gender, though heroine only refers to women.