Revere

revere
re‧vere /rɪˈvɪə $ -ˈvɪr/ verb [transitive usually passive]formal to respect and admire someone or something very much
    be revered as something
    He is revered as a national hero.
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ admire to like someone because they have achieved something special, or they have skills or qualities that you would like to have: I admire your courage. | She admired him for the way he dealt with the situation.
   ▪ respect to have a good opinion of someone, even if you do not agree with them, for example because they have achieved a lot or have high standards: She is respected by all her colleagues at the university. | She’s an actor who is not prepared to compromise, and her audience loves and respects her for that.
   ▪ revere /rɪˈvɪə $ -ˈvɪr/ formal to greatly admire someone because of their achievements and personal qualities, especially someone famous: Mandela is revered as one of the great leaders of our time.
   ▪ look up to somebody to admire someone who is older or who has more experience than you: All the young comedians look up to him.
   ▪ think highly of somebody to think that someone is good at what they do: His teachers seem to think very highly of him.
   ▪ idolize to admire someone so much that you think they are perfect – used especially about famous people or people in your family: He idolized his brother. | Jane grew up idolizing Princess Diana.
   ▪ hero-worship to admire someone a lot and want to be like them – often used when this seems unreasonable or extreme: She hero-worshipped John to such an extent that she was blind to his faults.

Revere
Revere, Paul
(1735–1818) an American folk hero known for riding at night on the 18th April 1775 to the town of Concord in Massachusetts, in order to warn the people there that the British soldiers were coming. The next day the American Revolutionary War started. His brave action is described in Longfellow's poem Paul Revere's Ride.