hailed a hero vs hailed as a hero

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Hailed a hero' is used when someone is simply recognized or praised as a hero without any additional information. 'Hailed as a hero' is used when someone is recognized or praised as a hero with a specific reason or attribute. They are not interchangeable.

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hailed a hero

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when someone is recognized or praised as a hero without any specific reason or attribute mentioned.

Examples:

After saving the child from the burning building, he was hailed a hero by the entire community.

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It was enchanted with light magic to ensure that whoever carries it into battle will be hailed a hero.
And is hailed as a hero in the press.
Guardian has been hailed as a hero.
You could be hailed as a hero for generations to come.
Whether a man is charged with murder or hailed as a hero... is sometimes a very thin line.
Guardian has been cleared of all charges and hailed as a hero for assisting in the arrest of serial killer Phillip Karnowsky.
A celebration in painting of the triumph of Isaac Newton, hailed as a hero and portrayed into a solemn Pantheon of science.
I think it's quite amusing that the man we're trying so hard to bring down shoots a 15-year-old boy in front of witnesses, and then gets hailed as a hero.
You'd be hailed as a hero by everyone on this ship... Almost everyone.
What if I could get you out of the country to a place where you will be hailed as a hero?
By 1908 the panic was over and Morgan was hailed as a hero by the president of Princeton University, a man by the name of Woodrow Wilson:
against whom I've warned you continually and whom you recently hailed as a hero has gone over to the enemy.
During the Boer War was captured Churchill, but he managed to escape and was hailed then as a war hero back home in the UK.
And perrin will be hailed as the conquering hero Who's rescued all these poor souls.
Well, he hailed a cab when he left.
Probably hailed a cab uptown by now.
I didn't say that he hailed a taxi.
Hailed a cab, took her home.
Saw crates being thrown overboard. Hailed a warning.
On May 1st, the country received him as a hero and he was hailed as its "national painter."

Alternatives:

recognized as a hero
praised as a hero

hailed as a hero

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when someone is recognized or praised as a hero with a specific reason or attribute mentioned.

Examples:

She was hailed as a hero for her bravery during the earthquake.

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And is hailed as a hero in the press.
Guardian has been hailed as a hero.
You could be hailed as a hero for generations to come.
Guardian has been cleared of all charges and hailed as a hero for assisting in the arrest of serial killer Phillip Karnowsky.
A celebration in painting of the triumph of Isaac Newton, hailed as a hero and portrayed into a solemn Pantheon of science.
I think it's quite amusing that the man we're trying so hard to bring down shoots a 15-year-old boy in front of witnesses, and then gets hailed as a hero.
You'd be hailed as a hero by everyone on this ship... Almost everyone.
What if I could get you out of the country to a place where you will be hailed as a hero?
By 1908 the panic was over and Morgan was hailed as a hero by the president of Princeton University, a man by the name of Woodrow Wilson:
Whether a man is charged with murder or hailed as a hero... is sometimes a very thin line.
against whom I've warned you continually and whom you recently hailed as a hero has gone over to the enemy.
During the Boer War was captured Churchill, but he managed to escape and was hailed then as a war hero back home in the UK.
It was enchanted with light magic to ensure that whoever carries it into battle will be hailed a hero.
And perrin will be hailed as the conquering hero Who's rescued all these poor souls.
On May 1st, the country received him as a hero and he was hailed as its "national painter."
I will be hailed as the benefactor of our species.
This is being hailed as the new Cronut.
And your recovery is being hailed as a miracle.
The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao opens and is instantly hailed as an architectural masterpiece.
William Carey is widely hailed as the father of modern missions.

Alternatives:

recognized as a hero for
praised as a hero for

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