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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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 In the aftermath, however, Scheffler became a bit of a folk hero. —

Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2025 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. —

David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for folk hero