folk hero

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   A real or mythical person who is widely revered by ordinary people, for championing their…

   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.
   • 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.
   • The American folk hero Woody Guthrie will be honored at the Kennedy Center, but rabble-rousing, not respectability, was his goal.

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