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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. hero of American folk tales; portrayed as an enormously strong black man who worked on the railroads and died from exhaustion after winning a contest with a steam drill; 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

John Henry
    n 1: hero of American folk tales; portrayed as an enormously
         strong black man who worked on the railroads and died from
         exhaustion after winning a contest with a steam drill