unsung hero

Main Entry:  unsung hero
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  a person who makes a substantive yet unrecognized contribution; a person whose bravery is unknown or unacknowledged
Example:  They were the unsung heroes of the American Revolution.
Etymology:  1860
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Unsung hero is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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