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ur-hero

ur-hero noun: an original or mythological hero.

Noun

ur-hero (plural ur-heroes)

  1. An original or mythological hero.
    • It has all been foretold, forelived, Tridib being, so to speak, the novel's ur-imagination, ur-hero, ur-narrator.1992, Mohan Lal, Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot - Page 3936
    • The hero myths we have, those available to us for comparison, are primarily from strongly patriarchal societies, and it is to the patriarchal ur-hero that emerges from these myths [...]2005, David Leeming, The Oxford Companion to World Mythology - Page 181

Forms of ur-hero

pluralur-heroes

Origin of ur-hero

From ur- + hero.

Questions about ur-hero

What does ur-hero mean?
Ur-hero means an original or mythological hero.
What part of speech is ur-hero?
Ur-hero is a noun.
What is the plural of ur-hero?
The plural of ur-hero is ur-heroes.

Words near ur-hero in the dictionary

  1. ur-culture
  2. ur-cultures
  3. ur-form
  4. ur-forms
  5. Ur-Germanic
  6. ur-hero
  7. ur-heroes
  8. ur-homeland
  9. ur-homelands
  10. ur-language
  11. ur-languages

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