Heroing

noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of being a hero (brave person; role model; or protagonist). informal, uncountable

    "The other was a giant many-headed serpent. Theseus couldn’t be sure, because his heroing specialty had never been serpents, but he was pretty sure that it was the Lernean Hydra."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of hero form-of, gerund, participle, present

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championa manachillesacmeactoradventurer

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"Heroing is one of the shortest-lived professions there is."

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