Noun
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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 sandwich - cuban sandwich - italian sandwich - poor boy - submarine sandwich -
(Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her
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(classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits
often the offspring of a mortal and a god
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Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)
- hero of alexandria -
someone who fights for a cause
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the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem
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a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength
"RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain"