A person who is greatly admired for their achievements by the ordinary people of a country or region.
a book about famous Scottish folk hero and outlaw Rob Roy McGregor
Example sentencesExamples
- The persecuted poor of Australia turn the Kelly brothers into folk heroes, a modern-day Robin Hood.
- For many Malians, the ancestors who actively resisted colonization are folk heroes.
- The songs are based on the exploits of a well-known folk hero.
- They're the folk heroes of the new millennium.
- Many of their folk heroes achieved their status through courageous battles with oppressors.
- Popular songs are sung by folk heroes with humble origins.
- The invasion has made the dictator a folk hero throughout a region where he was previously unpopular.
- Suddenly, the cowboy was elevated to the status of a national folk hero.
- It is named for a Jamaican folk hero, "John Canoe."
- That commitment to science made him a folk hero among engineers.