superhero
Sentences
Meaning
- Any fictional crime-fighting character, often with supernatural powers or equipment, in popular children's and fantasy literature; a fictional hero who does great things.
- (broadly) A particularly renowned real-world hero, or one who has seemingly impossible abilities.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/s(j)upɚhɪɹoʊ/
Etymology
From super- + hero. First attested in 1917.
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