legendary hero

collocation in English

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legendary
adjective
uk
/ˈledʒ.ən.dri/us
/ˈledʒ.der.i/
very famous and admired or ...
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hero
noun[C]
uk
/ˈhɪə.rəʊ/us
/ˈhɪr.oʊ/
a person who is admired for having done something very brave or having achieved ...
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(Definition oflegendaryandherofrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It was the name and personality merely of an almostlegendaryhero, as he put it.
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It was hard to come to terms with the fact that thelegendaryherois gone.
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Each sib claims descent from a mythical totem ancestor, and each sib is further subdivided into lineages claiming descent from alegendaryhero.
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He became alegendaryherofor his good deeds.
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They are sometimes seen as chariot-pulling beasts for important legendary figures or for the parents of legendary heroes.
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He was actually introduced in the 1994 and 2000 movies as a descendant of a family of legendary heroes but is a coward.
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Legendary heroes were often required to climb mountains as a symbolic and heroic act in order to achieve the goals of their quests.
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This seems to have led people to associate legendary heroes called lfr with the elves.
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Elysium is for those who were righteous in life and is reserved for good people and legendary heroes.
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The epics feature the diwata, as well as mythical and legendary heroes and chieftains who are partly divine.
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They often depict legendary heroes.
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They were almost entirely orally transmitted, changing as they passed on, and had as their themes the deeds of legendary heroes, the kings and knights of history.
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