war-hero

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Noun

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war-hero (plural war-heroes)

  1. Alternative form of war hero
    • 1922, D. H. Lawrence, Aaron's Rod:
      But Francis was not interested in his friend's experiences. For Francis had had a job in the War Office—whereas Angus was a war-hero with shattered nerves.
    • 2006, Vicki Renfroe, Hearts of the Children:
      Remember that good looking guy I showed you in the magazine that was a war-hero and now he's an actor?
    • 2011, Ralph Thorpe, The Gospel of the King of the Jews:
      The war-hero knew the sound.
    • 2013, Neil Faulkner, Rome: Empire of the Eagles, 753 BC – AD 476:
      When the maverick patrician and war-hero Marcus Manlius Capitolinus championed the popular cause, paying off the private debts of many plebeians from his own resources and promising a general redress of grievances, he was met by a conservative counter-attack led by another war-hero, Marcus Furius Camillus, the man now acclaimed as 'the second founder of Rome' for his role in the city's recovery after the Gallic invasion.
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