"local hero" meaning in English

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      "examples": [
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          "ref": "1855, Richard Ford, A Handbook for Travellers in Spain, 3rd edition, page 473",
          "text": "[…] and this took place in Estremadura, where their local hero Paredes, according to Cervantes, stopped entire legions with his single sword.",
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          "ref": "1991 August, Mark Blackwell, “Anchorage, Alaska”, in Spin, →ISSN, page 52",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "1992, Bruce Springsteen (lyrics and music), “Local Hero”, in Lucky Town",
          "text": "They get their local hero / Somebody with the right style / They get their local hero / Somebody with just the right smile",
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        "A person who is regarded as a hero in local society."
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          "word": "toast of the town"
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  "word": "local hero"
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          "ref": "1855, Richard Ford, A Handbook for Travellers in Spain, 3rd edition, page 473",
          "text": "[…] and this took place in Estremadura, where their local hero Paredes, according to Cervantes, stopped entire legions with his single sword.",
          "type": "quotation"
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          "ref": "1991 August, Mark Blackwell, “Anchorage, Alaska”, in Spin, →ISSN, page 52",
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        },
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          "text": "They get their local hero / Somebody with the right style / They get their local hero / Somebody with just the right smile",
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