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• “RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain“

Synonyms

• champion holding first place in a contest; protect or fight for as a champion ; someone who has won first place in a competition ; someone who fights for a cause ; a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
• fighter someone who fights (or is fighting) ; a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air ; someone who fights for a cause
• paladin someone who fights for a cause

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• Hero a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength; the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem ; someone who fights for a cause ; Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century) ; (classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; (Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her ; a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments)
• Heron Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century) ; grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill
• Hero of Alexandria Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)

• “often the offspring of a mortal and a god“

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• Hero a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength; the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem ; someone who fights for a cause ; Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century) ; (classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; (Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her ; a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments)

• “different names are used in different sections of the United States“

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• bomber a military aircraft that drops bombs during flight ; a person who plants bombs ; a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments)
• grinder a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); grinding tooth with a broad crown; machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing ; a machine tool that polishes metal
• hero sandwich a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments)
• hoagie a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments)
• hoagy a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments)
• Cuban sandwich a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments)
• Italian sandwich a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments)
• poor boy a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments)
• sub be a substitute; a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
• submarine beneath the surface of the sea ; a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes ; a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); move forward or under in a sliding motion; throw with an underhand motion ; bring down with a blow to the legs ; control a submarine ; attack by submarine
• submarine sandwich a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments)
• torpedo attack or hit with torpedoes ; a professional killer who uses a gun ; a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); an explosive device that is set off in an oil well (or a gas well) to start or to increase the flow of oil (or gas) ; a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; a small explosive device that is placed on a railroad track and fires when a train runs over it; armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target ; any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges
• wedge put, fix, force, or implant; squeeze like a wedge into a tight space; any shape that is triangular in cross section ; a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation ; a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe ; (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole ; something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them ; a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
• zep a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments)