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Dero vs Hero - What's the difference?

dero | hero |

As nouns the difference between dero and hero

is that dero is a homeless person, a tramp; a social derelict while hero is a real or mythical person of great bravery who carries out extraordinary deeds.

As a proper noun Hero is

any of a number of legendary men and women, including the priestess loved by Leander.

dero

English

Etymology 1

From (derelict).

Alternative forms

* derro

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Australia) A homeless person, a tramp; a social derelict.
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  • , title=I bought the 60 warfer , group=rec.models.rc.helicopter , author=warfer69 , date=August 11 , year=2001 , passage=If some shabby looking “dero ” turns up at the gate no need to call the cops, its me. citation

    Synonyms

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    Etymology 2

    From (detrimental) (robots). Invented by and first published in "I Remember Lemuria!" in Amazing Stories , March 1945.

    Alternative forms

    * derro

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Underground subhumans who kidnap humans for torture and food.
  • * 1948' ('''2007 ), Richard S. Shaver, '' I Remember Lemuria and The return of Sathanas] , [http://www.sacred-texts.com/ufo/irl/irl10.htm page 84
  • No laughing matter now, these ugly dwarfs! They were dero'', children of ''dero , enslaved in some manner by the derodite master who sought the death of all Mu!
  • * 1987 , Martin Gardner, Riddles of the sphinx, and other mathematical puzzle tales'', Mathematical Association of America, ISBN 0883856336, page 62 (originally published ''Isaac Asimov's science fiction magazine , Volume 10)
  • They were supposed to be wicked creatures who lived underground, as described in Richard Shaver's notorious SF tales of the late forties. I had always assumed that Shaver's stories were pure fiction, yet here I was, talking to a dero!
  • * 2000 , Harold A. Skaarup, Visitors: Questions & Answers , ISBN 0595133282, page 253
  • Teros. A term describing various human groups who inhabit the cavern systems and who have reestablished antediluvian cities beneath the North American continent. Many of these may be descended from older civilizations such as ancient native Americans who went underground hundreds and or(sic) thousands of years ago. They also refer to the 'Dero ' which apparently consist of Draconian elements (Evadamic).
  • * 2011 , David Halperin, Journal of a UFO Investigator , ISBN 0670022454
  • “The dero caves are not a joke,” Rochelle said. “Richard Shaver's welding gun—or whatever was talking to him—was telling him the truth. Mostly the truth anyway.”

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    hero

    English

    (wikipedia hero)

    Alternative forms

    * heros

    Noun

    (es)
  • (rfc-sense) A real or mythical person of great bravery who carries out extraordinary deeds.
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  • A role model.
  • The main protagonist in a work of fiction.
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  • A large sandwich made from meats and cheeses; a hero sandwich.
  • (food styling, chiefly, attributive) The product chosen from several candidates to be photographed.
  • * 2003 , Solomon H. Katz, William Woys Weaver, Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
  • The preparation of the hero food involves any number of specialized techniques food stylists have developed to deal with the demands of photographing food.
  • * 2008 , Linda Bellingham, Jean Ann Bybee, Brad G. Rogers, Food Styling for Photographers (page 8)
  • Protect the hero food. Whether the hero items are on a table in the studio or in the refrigerator, freezer, etc., be sure they are identified as hero items and not for consumption.
  • * 2008 , David Random, Defying Gravity (page 24)
  • The food stylists this day had spent inordinate amounts of time preparing the hero product for a close-up scene.

    Synonyms

    * see * (sandwich) grinder, hoagie, hoagy, poor boy, po' boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge

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