heroines

plural of heroine

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heroes
Noun
  • There are streets and parks named for Cuban heroes—from Máximo Gómez, an anti-colonial fighter of the nineteenth century, to Osvaldo Payá, a Christian dissident who died in a suspicious car crash in 2012.
    Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • On the silver screen, Chris Pine has played heart-stopping action heroes.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Heroines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heroines. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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