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Another word for heroine

heroine Synonyms

heroine

n.

A female hero
courageous woman, champion, goddess, ideal, intrepid woman, demigoddess, woman of heroic character, woman of the hour, woman of the day; see also celebrity 2, hero 1, idol 2.
Leading female character in a literary composition
feminine lead, protagonist, leading lady, diva, prima donna, principal female character, female star, female lead, romantic interest, heart interest, girl; see also actress, cast 2, star 3.

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Newly crowned heroine Lydia Larkin won the election by eight votes.
The story of the heroine is annually celebrated by a play in which the villagers take part.
Medea is the heroine of extant tragedies of Euripides and Seneca; those of Aeschylus and Ennius (adapted from Euripides) are lost.
"How's your spaced-out heroine doing?" he asked.
At Hermione, Artemis was worshipped under the name of Iphigeneia, thus showing the heroine in the last resort to be a form of that goddess (Pausanias ii.

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