Hero and Lead

Hero

Hero noun - A person who is the object of extreme or uncritical devotion.

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Lead and hero are semantically related in principal male role topic. In some cases you can use "Lead" instead a noun "Hero".

Nearby Words: heroic, heroine, heroism, heroically

Lead noun - The person who has the most important role in a play, movie, or TV show.

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Hero and lead are semantically related in star topic. Sometimes you can use "Hero" instead a noun "Lead".

Nearby Words: leading, leader, leaden, leadership, leaded

human	human hero	human lead
female	female hero	female lead
nice	nice hero	nice lead
typical	typical hero	typical lead
Other adjectives: original, handsome, true, single, romantic, strong, powerful, actual, real, male, great, little, black, main, young, new, former, titular, comic, eponymous.

Secondly, each True Rune's "will" is frequently demonstrated by forcing the character (most often the hero and lead antagonist) along certain paths of fate, as each True Rune has a complicated destiny associated with it.

Source: Functional Magic aka: Magic
The live-action Martial Arts Movie The Protector ends with the hero and the lead villain falling through a skylight onto the mounted skeleton of the elephant he was supposed to be protecting from poachers; his body ends up cradled in the elephant's tusks.

Source: Pietà Plagiarism
A new leader character is often designated in the meantime, but the hero always returns to lead the team again.

Source: Hero on Hiatus

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