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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In the years following her conviction, prison break and asylum-seeking in Cuba, Assata became somewhat of a folk hero in certain circles, particularly in the hip hop community. Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025 Luigi Mangione, 27, the man charged with killing Thompson, whose company has faced criticism for denying coverage, became something of a folk hero in some TikTok videos, and supporters have appeared outside his trial. Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2025 Pic is the true story of the 1977 kidnapping that made aspiring Indianapolis entrepreneur Tony Kiritsis an eccentric outlaw folk hero. Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025 Online retailers have been forced to deal with Mangione-specific merchandise, too, much of it catering to those who have turned Mangione into something of a folk hero in light of their immense dissatisfaction with America’s privatized healthcare system. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 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 4 Oct. 2025.

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