hero

1 a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength; "RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain"

2 the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem

3 someone who fights for a cause [syn: champion, fighter, paladin]

4 Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century) [syn: Heron, Hero of Alexandria]

5 (classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god

6 (Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her

7 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 [syn: bomber, grinder, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep] [also: heroes (pl)]heroes See hero

English

Noun

heroes

1. Plural of hero

Heroes may refer to:

• The plural of hero, a name for a courageous person

In television:

• Heroes (TV series), an American television series
• Héroes (Chilean miniseries)
• "Heroes" (Stargate SG-1), a two-part episode of Stargate SG-1
• "Heroes" (Beavis and Butthead), the sixth episode of Beavis and Butthead
• "Heroes" (CSI: NY episode)

In music:

• "Heroes", an album by David Bowie
  • "Heroes" (song), the title track from the David Bowie album
  • Symphony No. 4 (Glass) or "Heroes" Symphony, by Philip Glass, inspired by the album
• Heroes (Cash and Jennings album), a 1986 album by Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings
• Heroes (Commodores album), a 1980 album by the Commodores
• Heroes (1993 album), by Mark O'Connor
• Héroes del Silencio or Heroes, a Spanish rock band
• "Heroes" (Elena Paparizou song), the official song of the 2006 European Athletics Championship
• "Heroes", a 2005 song by Shinedown

In film:

• Heroes (2008 film), a 2008 Bollywood film starring Salman Khan
• Heroes (film), a 1977 film with Henry Winkler and Sally Field
• The Heroes, a 1916 film starring Oliver Hardy

In print:

• Heroes (comics), a 1996 comic book limited series from Milestone Comics
• Heroes (novel), a short novel by Robert Cormier

In gaming:

• Heroes of Might and Magic or Heroes, a series of turn-based strategy games
• No More Heroes (video game), a video game originally known as Heroes

In other uses:

• Heroes (confectionery), a brand of chocolates sold in the UK and Ireland, manufactured by Cadbury's
• Hyderabad Heroes, a cricket team

See also

• Heros (disambiguation)
• Hero (disambiguation)
• HERO'S, a mixed martial arts organization based in Japan
• City of Heroes, a massively multiplayer online role-playing computer game