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heroine

/ˈhɪɹoʊɪn/noun3 syllables

Heroine means: the main good female character in a work of fiction.

Synonyms for heroine4

also used for heroine

shero, hera, heroinely, heroinic

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What does heroine mean?2

noun

1

the main good female character in a work of fiction

2

a woman possessing heroic qualities or a woman who has performed heroic deeds

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Heroine in a sentence

  • The heroine of this story is a little girl.CM
  • In many old movies the heroine is always the one to die.CK
  • Lydia is the swashbuckling heroine of this adventure novel.sabretou
  • The entire country mourned the death of their heroine.DJ_Saidez
  • I feel like I'm the heroine of a romance novel.Hybrid
  • Sami and Layla were both addicted to heroine.OsoHombre
  • They found some traces of heroine in Rodrigo's system.Amastan
  • No matter how you look at it you're a beautiful, ill-fated woman, the heroine of a tragedy.papabear

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of heroine

as a noun

plural
heroines