heroine
Meaning
Noun
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Origin
- Via Latin herōīna from late Ancient Greek ἡρωΐνη (2nd century), a feminine equivalent of ἥρως, equivalent to hero + -ine.
- English from 1650. The sense of "female lead character" is from 1715.
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