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shero

UK/ˈʃɪəɹəʊ/US/ˈʃɪɹoʊ/

shero noun: a female hero.

Noun

shero (plural sheroes)

  1. A female hero.
    • Packing estrogen and, not infrequently, a pen and a sword, sheroes come in every imaginable shape, size, and color, and manifest their sheroism in infinite ways.1998, Varla Ventura, Sheroes: Bold, Brash, and Absolutely Unabashed Superwomen from Susan B. Anthony to Xena, Conari Press, →ISBN, →OL
    • Every human grouping, whether it's just two people, a family, people in the neighborhood, people in the city, in a nation, a tribe, a species; people live in direct relation to the heroes and the sheroes they have.2006 November 30, Dave Chappelle & Maya Angelou (Iconoclasts), season 2, episode 6, Maya Angelou (actor), via Sundance
    Synonyms:
    hera, heroine

Synonyms of shero

Forms of shero

pluralsheroes

Origin of shero

Blend of she + hero.

Words that rhyme with shero

Questions about shero

What does shero mean?
Shero means a female hero.
What part of speech is shero?
Shero is a noun.
How do you pronounce shero?
Shero is pronounced /ˈʃɪɹoʊ/ (US).
What is the plural of shero?
The plural of shero is sheroes.

Words near shero in the dictionary

  1. shermheads
  2. sherms
  3. Shermuhoong
  4. shern
  5. Sherner
  6. shero
  7. Sherod
  8. Sherods
  9. sheroes
  10. sheroff
  11. sheroffs

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