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Definition of folk hero noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

folk hero

noun

/ˈfəʊk hɪərəʊ/

/ˈfəʊk hɪrəʊ/

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a person that the ordinary people of a country or region admire because of something special that person has done

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