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Definition of Heroine

1. Noun. The main good female character in a work of fiction.

2. Noun. A woman possessing heroic qualities or a woman who has performed heroic deeds.

Definition of Heroine

1. n. A woman of an heroic spirit.

Definition of Heroine

1. Noun. A female hero ¹

2. Noun. A female lead character ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Heroine

1. a brave woman [n -S]

Medical Definition of Heroine

1. 1. A woman of an heroic spirit. "The heroine assumed the woman's place." (Dryden) 2. The principal female person who figures in a remarkable action, or as the subject of a poem or story. Origin: F. Heroine, L. Heroina, Gr, fem. Of . See Hero. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Heroine

heroicizes heroicizing heroick heroickly heroicly heroicness heroicomic heroicomical heroics heroin

heroin addict heroin addiction heroin chic heroin dependence heroin esterase heroine (current term) heroines heroinism heroinisms heroinlike

heroins heroinware heroise heroised heroises heroising heroism heroisms heroization heroizations

Literary usage of Heroine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by Parker Society (Great Britain) (1907)
"heroine saddened, is comforted by old woman, who bids her take more water to ... All happens the same a second and a third Sunday, but this time heroine is ..."

2. The Bookman (1907)
"son's portrayal of the heroine in The Soldiers of Fortune. This young woman was simply a "Gibson Girl," though that means much. ..."

3. Cinderella: Three Hundred and Forty-five Variants of Cinderella, Catskin by Marian Roalfe Cox (1892)
"Sisters are unkind to heroine, instead of keeping their promises. ... This time godmother gives heroine sack of ashes with which to make trail, ..."

4. The Century Book of Facts: A Handbook of Ready Reference, Embracing History edited by Henry Woldmar Ruoff (1906)
"heroine of novel. Locksley. Ivanhoe, Scott, une of Robin Hood's pseudonyms. Lothair. ... Daughter of Prospero, beloved of Ferdinand ; heroine of the play. ..."

5. The English Novel: Being a Short Sketch of Its History from the Earliest by Walter Alexander Raleigh (1894)
"That the romances of the day were read, as well as written, chiefly by women, the plot of these two novels, wherein the heroine has her head turned by the ..."

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