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5 words match “HEROINE”

HEROINE n. 2 definitions
A woman of an heroic spirit. The heroine assumed the woman's place. Dryden.
HEROESS n.
A heroine. [Obs.] Dryden.
RAMAYANA n.
The more ancient of the two great epic poems in Sanskrit. The hero and heroine are Rama and his wife Sita.
ROMANCE n.
novel, especially one which treats of surprising adventures usually befalling a hero or a heroine; a tale of extravagant adventures, of love, and the like. "Romances that been royal." Chaucer. Upon these three columns -- chivalry, gallantry, and religion -- repose the fictions of the Middle Ages, especially those known…
SET-OFF n.
That which is set off against another thing; an offset. I do not contemplate such a heroine as a set-off to the many sins imputed to me as committed against woman. D. Jerrold.