heroine

Noun	1.	heroine - the main good female character in a work of fiction persona, theatrical role, role, character, part - an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona"
	2.	heroine - a woman possessing heroic qualities or a woman who has performed heroic deeds Judith - Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes adult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted" Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley, Mary McCauley, McCauley, Molly Pitcher - heroine of the American Revolution who carried water to soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth Court House and took over her husband's gun when he was overcome by heat (1754-1932)

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