A hero is a person who actively goes out of the way to do the right thing. They are despised by most people for being goody tooshoos around certain people as well, Anyone can go from a normal person to a hero in a matter of one action
Person 1: Jason is such a hero around the teachers that guy needs to stop sucking off the teachers
Person 2: I NEED A HERO, IM HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO TO THE END OF THE NIGHT
Jason: What's wrong young fellow?
Person 2: My ball got kicked across the oval
Jason: I'll go get it
Someone who passes you on the highway going way too fast.
"Oh look at this hero over here, he's gotta be somewhere".
"Hey, where's the fire, hero?"
A platitude used to describe an essential worker whose value to society is high, but whose monetary compensation society has decided should be as low as possible.
Alan, you're a true hero for restocking shelves here at Walmart during COVID-19. Thank you. And thank you Sam Walton for this very reasonably priced toilet paper!