local hero
noun1
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.1855, Richard Ford, A Handbook for Travellers in Spain, 3rd edition, page 473:
- 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.1991 August, Mark Blackwell, “Anchorage, Alaska”, in Spin, →ISSN, page 52:
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- They get their local hero / Somebody with the right style / They get their local hero / Somebody with just the right smile1992, Bruce Springsteen, “Local Hero”, in Lucky Town:
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A superhero that serves as the mascot of a place in Japan.