Associations to the word «Heroine»

Wiktionary

HEROINE, noun. A female hero.
HEROINE, noun. A female lead character.

Dictionary definition

HEROINE, noun. The main good female character in a work of fiction.
HEROINE, noun. A woman possessing heroic qualities or a woman who has performed heroic deeds.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats