Related topics: Folklore
ˈfolk ˌhero noun [countableC] RFsomeone who people in a particular place admire very much because of something they have done 民间英雄，民众心目中的英雄 Casey Jones is an American folk hero. 凯西•琼斯是美国民众心目中的英雄。
folk hero• Ferguson is flawless, a folk hero in two countries.• The affair seemed only to add to his status as folk hero.• He was a celebrated folk hero in his adopted Darlington from his arrival in 1919 to his death in 1946.• Just the kind of marginal folk hero they would go and use as a mascot.