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nonheroes

nonheroes is the plural of nonhero.

Meaning of nonhero

Noun

nonhero (plural nonheroes)

  1. A character, especially a protagonist, who is not a hero.
    • It doesn’t matter if that’s really his name, though, because like Melville’s enlightened nonhero, this man does not expect to survive the journey.2007 February 4, Kaiama L. Glover, “American Dream Deferred”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    unhero

Questions about nonheroes

What is nonheroes the plural of?
Nonheroes is the plural of nonhero.

Words near nonheroes in the dictionary

  1. nonhermeneutic
  2. nonhermeneutical
  3. nonhermetic
  4. nonherniated
  5. nonhero
  6. nonheroes
  7. nonheroic
  8. nonheterocyclic
  9. nonheterocystous
  10. nonheterogeneity
  11. nonheteronormative

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