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heroine

[her-oh-in] / ˈhɛr oʊ ɪn /


NOUN
principal female character
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“It is a great play because, by the end, Tom Stoppard touches ineffability, just as his heroine touches genius.”

From Los Angeles Times

These days, right, you’re more likely to read about a heroine who’s running a podcast or working at a digital news site.

From Salon

Orchards, wildernesses and bowers abound in her fiction, where her heroines contemplate curated views or scamper across fields and over stiles.

From The Wall Street Journal

And the additional running time also allows for two brand new songs -- one of which, "The Girl in the Bubble," sees Ariana Grande's popular, pink-clad heroine Glinda confront her unlikely dark past.

From Barron's

Douglas Century’s “Crash of the Heavens” brings to life the headstrong, charismatic heroine who was both a fearless warrior and a precocious writer.

From The Wall Street Journal