Heron Definition

hĕrən
herons
noun
Any of various wading birds (esp. subfamily Ardeinae) with a long neck, long legs, and a long, tapered bill, living along marshes and river banks.
Webster's New World

A sepulchral monument in the form of a small temple.

In Ancient Greece, a monument to a dead hero, and now the relics they find are most well preserved at heroons, like vases or pots with references to the deeds of Herakles, or Calydon.
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Synonyms:
  • Hero of Alexandria
  • hero

Other Word Forms of Heron

Noun

Singular:
heron
Plural:
herons

Origin of Heron

  • From Middle English heroun, heiron, from Anglo-Norman heiron, from Old Dutch heigero (compare Middle Dutch heiger), from Proto-Germanic *haigrô (compare Swedish häger), dissimilation of *hraigrô (compare Old English hrāgra, Dutch reiger, German Reiher), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreik-, *(s)kreig- (“to screech, creak”) (compare Welsh crëyr (“heron”), Ancient Greek κρίζω (krízō, “to creak, screech”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin heroum from Ancient Greek ἡρῷον (hērōon), from ἡρῷος (hērōios, “of a hero”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French of Germanic origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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