Demigod

Definitions

1. A half-god or hero; the offspring of a deity and a mortal.
2. The ice hockey player Ivan Demidov, when portrayed as a hero.
   informal
3. Someone held up for reverence as a supreme example.

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Examples

“"Ah! he is one of your idols, I suppose⟳," said Lord Norbourne, with a slight approach⟳ to a sneer. "Youth is prone to admire; but it is odd how, in a few years, we discover⟳ the defects of our demigods...”

“He finds, not “demigods” but “ a combative group of exhausted, drunken, broken, petty, partisan, scheming, squabbling, bloviating, sensory-deprived, underoxygenated, fed-up, talked-out, overheated delegates so distraught they threatened violence, secession.”

“The 19-year-old right-winger — already dubbed Demigod — was set⟳ to play⟳ his first game with the Canadiens and the buzz in the city was off the charts.”

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