herohoodn.
/ˈhɪərəʊhʊd/, U.S. /ˈhɪroʊˌhʊd/, /ˈhiroʊˌhʊd/ The state or quality of being a hero.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > [noun] > as hero or heroine
heroship1708
heroinism1750
heroineship1754
herohood1841
herohead1895
1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes vi. 258 Virtue, Vir-tus, manhood, herohood, is not fair-spoken immaculate regularity.
1864 W. W. Skeat tr. J. L. Uhland Songs & Ballads 71 I was not nourished For lofty hero-hood.
1976 H. Brodkey Largely Oral Hist. my Mother in Stories in Almost Classical Mode (1989) 368 My project is for getting justice for Anne Marie... I am resigned to being comic in my herohood.
2009 Buffalo (N.Y.) News (Nexis) 26 Sept. d1 Hero-hood was rightfully conferred upon Shana the Dog..when she rescued her owners during the October storm.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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