war hero

Definitions

Someone who commits an act of heroism in a combat setting.

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Examples

“For one, at a very young age he became a war hero who had slain a giant.”

“George went off to fight⟳ Nazis, later was described as a war hero.”

“He apparently found in Rommel a German war hero who shared his doubts and uncertainties.”

“Kennedy's presidency is examined for the way it reinforced ideas about him that had come⟳ to the fore before he became chief executive: his use⟳ of the White House to showcase the arts, thereby strengthening his image as a man of letters and cultural refinement; the enhancing of his war-hero status with the release⟳ of the Hollywood film PT-109; the continued eroticization of his image through his public links with Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly and Anita Ekberg; and the prominence of his wife, siblings, children and parents in reinforcing the image of JFK as a symbol of the family.”

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