1. A fashionable man.
2. A man fond of paying attention to ladies.
3. One who woos; a lover; a suitor; in a bad sense, a seducer.

ETYM French héros, Latin heros, Greek.
1. The principle character in a play or movie or novel or poem.
2. A man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength.
3. (Classical mythology) A being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god.

ETYM French héroïne, Latin heroina. Related to Hero.
(Homonym: heroin).
1. A woman possessing heroic qualities.
2. The main good female character in a work of fiction.