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heroine

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See also:héroïneandheroïne

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromLatinhērōīna, from lateAncient Greekἡρωΐνη(hērōḯnē) (2nd century), a feminine equivalent ofἥρως(hḗrōs,“hero, demigod”), equivalent tohero +‎-ine(suffix forming feminine nouns).

  • English from 1587. The sense of "female lead character" is from 1715.

Noun

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heroine (pluralheroines)

  1. Afemalehero.
  2. A femaleleadcharacter.
Usage notes
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  • In sense 1,hero, the masculine ofheroine, is sometimes used, though it is still acceptable to use the feminine.
She is a hero (orheroine).
  • Like feminine nouns formed with the suffix-ess,heroine refers only to females, whereashero can refer to both men and women.
Who is your favorite hero? (answer can refer to anyone)
Who is your favorite heroine? (answer can refer only to women)
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Translations
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female hero

Etymology 2

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Partly from the noun and partly fromhero +‎-ine(suffix forming adjectives).[1]

Adjective

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heroine (comparativemoreheroine,superlativemostheroine)

  1. (rare) Characteristic of a heroine;heroic.
    • 1616, D[aniel] T[uvill], “Of their outward modestie”, inAsylum 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, […],page41:
      Theoxena to free hir Siſters children and hir owne from the laſciuious embraces of KingPhillip, put weapons into their weaker hands, and perſwaded themVt imminens ludibrium morte effugerent; to reſcue themſelues by Death from imminent diſgrace, wherein ſhe had no ſooner preuailed, but with aheroine reſolution ſhe ſhewed them by hir owne example, that what ſhee had taught them, was eaſie to be done.
    • 1669, [William Wycherley],Hero and Leander, in Burlesque, London:[s.n.],page13:
      Her Brows ſoft Fur was of a paler Dye, / Conformable to that which prettily / Peep’d on her upper Lip, and cowardly / Made shew ofHeroine Virility.
    • 1702 April 28, the Borough of Great Torrington, “To the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty”, inThe London Gazette, number3810, London: […] Edw[ard] Jones […], published14–18 May 1702, page[2], columns1–2:
      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 trulyEngliſh, 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 KingCharles the Martyr, of Immortal Memory, and with a Soul truly Great andHeroine, juſtly concerned for the Proſperity of theſe Realms, and the Peace ofEurope.
    • 1795,Tate Wilkinson,The Wandering Patentee; or, A History of the Yorkshire Theatres, from 1770 to the Present Time: Interspersed with Anecdotes Respecting Most of the Performers in the Three Kingdoms, from 1765 to 1795. […], volume III, York: […] [F]or the Author, by Wilson, Spence, and Mawman: Sold byG[eorge,] G[eorge] & J[ohn] Robinson, […],page264:
      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 herheroine reſolution, and once more on her return from Scotland ventured her little bark to the generoſity and pleaſure of her profeſſed friends at York.
    • 1824 February 24,Daniel O’Connell, edited byJohn O’Connell,The Life and Speeches of Daniel O’Connell, M.P., volume II, Dublin: […] James Duffy, […]; London: C. Dolman, […], published1846,page507:
      How otherwise than by a violation of a pledge could he have conquered Limerick, protected as it then was by theheroine bravery of its defenders.

References

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  1. ^“heroine,adj.”, inOED OnlinePaid subscription required⁠, Oxford:Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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