Johnny appleseed

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person, usually a male, who is generous, nurturing, and dedicated to positivity and helping others. idiomatic

    "Seeger, the Johnny Appleseed of folk music, who has always wanted the whole world to sing and shunned celebrity, was a lifelong radical who serenaded the civil rights movement, popularized "We Shall Overcome", and marched and sang for peace in the antiwar movement."

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appleseed

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"Seeger, the Johnny Appleseed of folk music, who has always wanted the whole world to sing and shunned celebrity, was a lifelong radical who serenaded the civil rights movement, popularized "We Shall Overcome", and marched and sang for peace in the antiwar movement."

Etymology

After the American pioneer nurseryman Johnny Appleseed (1774–1845).

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