local hero
English
Noun
local hero (plural local heroes)
- A person who is regarded as a hero in local society.
- Synonym: toast of the town
- 1855, Richard Ford, A Handbook for Travellers in Spain, third edition, page 473:
- […] and this took place in Estremadura, where their local hero Paredes, according to Cervantes, stopped entire legions with his single sword.
- 1991 August, Mark Blackwell, “Anchorage, Alaska”, in Spin, ISSN 0886-3032, page 52:
- 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.
- 1992, Bruce Springsteen (lyrics and music), “Local Hero”, in Lucky Town:
- They get their local hero / Somebody with the right style / They get their local hero / Somebody with just the right smile
Further reading
- “local hero”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.