Hero and Player

Hero

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

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Player and hero are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Player" instead a noun "Hero".

Nearby Words: heroic, heroine, heroism, heroically

Player noun - A person who plays a musical instrument.

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Hero and player are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hero" instead a noun "Player".

Nearby Words: play, played, playing, playable

old	old hero	old player
female	female hero	female player
better	better hero	better player
normal	normal hero	normal player
Other adjectives: typical, average, original, dead, single, popular, powerful, actual, real, great, black, main, young, famous, new, major, former, legendary, next, last, greatest.

Yep, they actually did this to a main hero and player character.

Source: Literature / Revan
A high amount of the second half of the original game is about making the player/HERO feel bad.

Source: Video Game / Quest Fantasy
Rosalyn from Okage is another case of the hero not being the player character, generally being a superb Hero's Guild Member and overshadowing Ari.

Source: The Hero / Video Games

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