A person obsessed with heroes or who thinks of themselves as heroic; an arrogant or glory-seeking individual.
Compound of hero and head (meaning the mind or a foolish person); likely a dialectal or informal formation suggesting someone whose head is filled with heroic notions.
This archaic insult captures a very modern problem—people who think they're the hero of every story—proving that narcissism and hero-worship are timeless human flaws.
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