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heroine

[her-oh-in] / ˈhɛr oʊ ɪn /


NOUN
principal female character
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You can watch Betty Campbell: Statue for a Heroine on BBC One Wales at 19:30 BST on Wednesday, or on BBC iPlayer afterwards.

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2021

Her new book, “The Heroine With 1,001 Faces,” out this month from Liveright, is an answer to Campbell, though she is careful not to frame it as an assault.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2021

Now the site has 3.7 million users, and a spinoff site for women called Heroine.

From Washington Times • Feb. 17, 2019

“The Heroine of Lime Rock,” the illustrated newspapers called her.

From Washington Post • Sep. 5, 2018

Heroine, orphaned and penniless, comes to fight for fame.

From Cinderella Jane by Cooke, Marjorie Benton




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