- 1a girl or woman who is admired by many people for doing something brave or good the heroines of the revolution
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- 2the main female character in a story, novel, movie, etc. The heroine is played by Katie Holmes. Shakespeare's heroines
- 3a woman that you admire because of a particular quality or skill that she has Madonna was her teenage heroine. compare hero
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