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.
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Many have come to view Mangione as a sort of folk hero—expressing their outrage and frustration with the U.S.'s private health insurance industry.
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Katherine Fung, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
The running back has gone from cult hero to folk hero, displaying an uncanny knack for breaking tackles and for blowing people’s minds.
—Bruce Feldman, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Mangione, 26, has since been charged with second-degree murder in New York, among other crimes, and has been valorized as a folk hero in many corners of the internet, though the killing of Thompson, 50, has also been widely condemned.
—Miranda Kennedy, Vox, 10 Dec. 2024
In 1957, a coup ended the presidency of his grandfather, the Haitian folk hero Daniel Fignolé, and shattered the lives of the entire family.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 31 Jan. 2025
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Katherine Fung, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
The running back has gone from cult hero to folk hero, displaying an uncanny knack for breaking tackles and for blowing people’s minds.
—Bruce Feldman, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Mangione, 26, has since been charged with second-degree murder in New York, among other crimes, and has been valorized as a folk hero in many corners of the internet, though the killing of Thompson, 50, has also been widely condemned.
—Miranda Kennedy, Vox, 10 Dec. 2024
In 1957, a coup ended the presidency of his grandfather, the Haitian folk hero Daniel Fignolé, and shattered the lives of the entire family.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 31 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for folk hero
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“Folk hero.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/folk%20hero. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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