Nonhero

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A character, especially a protagonist, who is not a hero.

    "It doesn’t matter if that’s really his name, though, because like Melville’s enlightened nonhero, this man does not expect to survive the journey."

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unhero

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"It doesn’t matter if that’s really his name, though, because like Melville’s enlightened nonhero, this man does not expect to survive the journey."

Etymology

From non- + hero.

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