folk hero

noun

: a person who is greatly admired by many people of a particular kind or in a particular place

He has become a folk hero in his home state because of the work he has done to help poor children.

Examples of folk hero in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The upcoming series is an anthology exploring the wild and highly unique life of Lee Ralph, a former pro skateboarder turned folk hero and recluse. —Patrick Frater, Variety, 19 Sep. 2024

For a folk hero whose story is seldom told in 21st-century pop culture, William Tell was surely blessed with a great name. —Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2024

As Rose pointed out, Parker certainly wasn’t getting calls to sell pizza—neither was the face of the Reds’ brightest star of the eighties, the electrifying outfielder and folk hero Eric Davis. —Brandon Harris, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2024

Minnesota is slightly outside that sphere, but Walz, once a high school football coach, has evolved during his time in office into something of a progressive populist folk hero – the exact kind of pugilistic voice that Democrats taking on Trump are keen to highlight. —Cnn, The Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2024