Great-hearted

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of greathearted. alt-of, alternative

    "But it was surely true – on the basis of what they had done, where they had been and the time they had been away – that they were, as Bean put it, great-hearted men. What was the nation going to do for great-hearted men?"

Synonyms

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magnanimous

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"But it was surely true – on the basis of what they had done, where they had been and the time they had been away – that they were, as Bean put it, great-hearted men. What was the nation going to do for great-hearted men?"

Etymology

From great + hearted.

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