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heroines

heroines is the plural of heroine.

Meaning of heroine

Noun

heroine (plural heroines)

  1. A female hero.
  2. A female lead character.
    • Miss Phyllis Morgan, as the hapless heroine dressed in the shabbiest of clothes, appears in the midst of a gay and giddy throng; she apostrophises all and sundry there, including the villain, and has a magnificent scene which always brings down the house, and nightly adds to her histrionic laurels.1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Affair at the Novelty Theatre”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition...

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Phrases with heroines

Questions about heroines

What is heroines the plural of?
Heroines is the plural of heroine.

Words near heroines in the dictionary

  1. heroin
  2. heroin chic
  3. heroine
  4. heroinedom
  5. heroinely
  6. heroines
  7. heroineship
  8. heroing
  9. heroinic
  10. heroinism
  11. heroinist

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