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 an essay in The New Yorker, Jessica Winter placed Mangione in the context of the folk hero outlaw.
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Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2025
The Star spoke with Will Pope, of Topeka, who represented himself in his Jan. 6 case and became a folk hero of sorts among many defendants over his outspokenness and sometimes unconventional court filings.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2025
Olivier, who had been in and out of the Blue Jackets’ lineup all season, accepted a fight offer only 2 minutes, 12 seconds, into the game from Rangers rookie Matt Rempe, who was becoming quite a folk hero in Manhattan and beyond.
—Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Despite hailing from a historically apolitical and publicity-avoidant religious community, the Amish farmer has turned into a kind of folk hero among MAGA Republicans — and a symbol of the political right’s growing thirst for raw milk.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
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Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2025
The Star spoke with Will Pope, of Topeka, who represented himself in his Jan. 6 case and became a folk hero of sorts among many defendants over his outspokenness and sometimes unconventional court filings.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2025
Olivier, who had been in and out of the Blue Jackets’ lineup all season, accepted a fight offer only 2 minutes, 12 seconds, into the game from Rangers rookie Matt Rempe, who was becoming quite a folk hero in Manhattan and beyond.
—Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Despite hailing from a historically apolitical and publicity-avoidant religious community, the Amish farmer has turned into a kind of folk hero among MAGA Republicans — and a symbol of the political right’s growing thirst for raw milk.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Folk hero.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/folk%20hero. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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