shero

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English

Etymology

Blend of she +‎ hero.

Pronunciation

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Noun

shero (plural sheroes)

  1. (feminism) A female hero.
    Synonym: heroine
    • 1998, Varla Ventura, Sheroes: Bold, Brash, and Absolutely Unabashed Superwomen from Susan B. Anthony to Xena, Conari Press, →ISBN, →OL:
      Packing estrogen and, not infrequently, a pen and a sword, sheroes come in every imaginable shape, size, and color, and manifest their sheroism in infinite ways.
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    • 2010 April 1, Ana Maria Spagna, Test Ride on the Sunnyland Bus: A Daughter's Civil Rights Journey, University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN:
      He talks about how we must remember the unsung heroes and sheroes of the Talahassee boycott, of the movement in general, and finally, he wonders how C. K. Steele would be accepted here.
    • 2012 August 17, Melena Ryzik, quoting Kate Conroy, “In New York, a Show of Solidarity for Russian Punk Band”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      “They are nobodies. They could be silenced tomorrow. They are sheroes, to the world.”

Anagrams

Romani

Etymology

From Sanskrit शिर (śira, “head”).

Noun

shero m (plural shere)

  1. (anatomy) head

Descendants

  • Hungarian: séró
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