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super-heroine

British  

noun

  1. a fictional woman character with superhuman abilities or magical powers, wearing a distinctive costume, and fighting against evil

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Krysten Ritter returns to kick more butt and take more names in a second season of the super-heroine drama "Marvel's Jessica Jones."

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2018

The Scarlet Witch, a Marvel super-heroine who first appeared on screen in last year’s “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” on the other hand, is getting more new product tie-ins.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2016

The super-hero and the super-heroine of the cinema drew the crowd's emotion to them, and Tagore the Indian poet arrived in town at the same time unnoticed.

From A Dominie in Doubt by Neill, Alexander Sutherland

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