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local hero

noun

Definitions

  1. A person who is regarded as a hero in local society.

    • […] and this took place in Estremadura, where their local hero Paredes, according to Cervantes, stopped entire legions with his single sword.
    • Mary Lou, who became a local hero in 1984 for outrunning a grizzly bear, ran her Fun House bar for 40 years before closing it in favor of the gift shop and liquor store.
    • They get their local hero / Somebody with the right style / They get their local hero / Somebody with just the right smile

  2. A superhero that serves as the mascot of a place in Japan.

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