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

Case in point, comments under the Winona Police Department’s press release were overwhelmingly positive, celebrating the act of vandalism and making a local folk hero of whoever’s responsible. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 5 Aug. 2026

What was intended to be an absurdist comedy act turned the second El Grande Americano into a folk hero as Kaiser ran with the gimmick and never looked back. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026

Newly exonerated, he's treated in some corners as a folk hero. — Jp Mangalindan, Time, 31 July 2026

In this scenario, Rogen would emerge as a courageous if idiosyncratic folk hero — one richly rewarded for his stoner fortitude. — Peter Bart, Deadline, 30 July 2026

Rhymes for folk hero

• subzero
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