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folk hero en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A real or mythical person who is widely revered by ordinary people, for championing their interests, values, or aspirations.
   • That hallowed American folk hero, the lean cowboy with six-gun at hip, swinging smoothly into the saddle—somehow he never had to go to school to learn that stuff. 1966 June 10, “Vocational Education: Cowhand School”, in Time:
   • The American folk hero Woody Guthrie will be honored at the Kennedy Center, but rabble-rousing, not respectability, was his goal. 2012 August 18, Lawrence Downes, “As Woody Turns 100, We Protest Too Little”, in New York Times, retrieved 16 Apr 2013:
   • Deuladeu Martins is a woman folk-hero dating from the 12th century; she is thought of as a hugely tall and strong woman whose actions were so feared by invaders that, because of her, the country of Portugal itself came into being. 1996, Robin Morgan, Sisterhood is Global: The International Women's Movement Anthology, →ISBN, page 571:

Forms

Relateds

culture hero

Translations (5)

fi kansansankari (real or mythical person widely revered by ordinary people) · cmn 民族英雄 (real or mythical person widely revered by ordinary people) · ar بطل شعبي (real or mythical person widely revered by ordinary people) · tl bayanimbayan (real or mythical person widely revered by ordinary people) · ru наро́дный геро́й (real or mythical person widely revered by ordinary people)