have-a-go-hero
1have-a-go hero — noun An ordinary member of the public who intervenes, often at personal risk, to stop a troublemaker, hooligan or neer do well in the act of committing a crime …
2Hero and Leander — is a Greek myth, relating the story of Hero, a priestess of Aphrodite who dwelt in a tower in Sestos, at the edge of the Hellespont, and Leander (Leandros, or Λέανδρος), a young man from Abydos on the other side of the strait. Leander fell in… …
3hero — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, great ▪ He was one of the great football heroes of his day. ▪ genuine, real, true ▪ all time …
4hero — [[t]hɪ͟əroʊ[/t]] ♦♦♦ heroes 1) N COUNT The hero of a book, play, film, or story is the main male character, who usually has good qualities. The hero of Doctor Zhivago dies in 1929. ...the author s decision to make his hero a photographer. Syn:… …
5have a go — British informal 1) to attack someone physically 2) to take action yourself to stop someone who is committing a crime, instead of calling the police The press called him a have a go hero after he tackled an armed burglar …
6Hero System — 6th Edition Generic Cover Designer(s) Steven S. Long Publisher(s) Hero Games Publication date 1989 2002 (5th ed.) 2009 (6th ed.) …
7Hero of Ukraine — Ukrainian Order of the State (left) and Order of the Gold Star …
8Hero of the Russian Federation — ( ru. Герой Российской Федерации, Geroy Rossiyskoy Federatsii ) is a Russian decoration and the highest honorary title that can be bestowed on a citizen by the Russian Federation. The President of the Russian Federation is the main conferring… …
9Hero and Leander (poem) — Hero and Leander is a mythological poem by Christopher Marlowe. After Marlowe s death it was completed by George Chapman. Henry Petowe published an alternate completion to the poem.PublicationTwo editions of the poem were issued in quarto in… …
10Hero stone — ( viirakkal in Tamil or virgallu in Kannada) is an Indian memorial commemorating the honorable death of a hero in battle in India. A hero stone can display a variety of adornments, including bas relief panels, statutes, and figures of carved… …
