good person

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good person - a person who is good to other people

individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"

benefactor, helper - a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)

brick - a good fellow; helpful and trustworthy

giver - someone who devotes himself completely; "there are no greater givers than those who give themselves"

good egg - (old-fashioned slang) a good person

mensch, mensh - a decent responsible person with admirable characteristics

plaster saint - a person (considered to be) without human failings; "he's no plaster saint"

rock - (figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable; "he was her rock during the crisis"; "Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church"--Gospel According to Matthew

holy man, holy person, saint, angel - person of exceptional holiness

square shooter, straight arrow, straight shooter - a frank and honest person

sweetheart - any well-liked individual; "he's a sweetheart"

trouper - a person who is reliable and uncomplaining and hard working

bad person - a person who does harm to others

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You need not be ashamed, sir, of what you are; I promise you no good person will esteem you the less on that account.

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The fact was, that when the five hundred pounds had come into my pocket, a thought had come into my head which had been often there before; and it appeared to me that Wemmick was a good person to advise with, concerning such thought.

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"I admire Charlie's aunt very much, you know, and I think that she is a very useful and good person, but I don't think she would do as a wife for poor quiet papa."

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I thought he would be a good person to learn interesting things from, so I asked him if he would mind telling me something about the whale fishing in the old days.

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Grundy who is troubling you, I do assure you that you can neglect the good person. Being English, Miss Honeychurch will be perfectly safe.

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He had been taken to that town by some good persons distantly related to his dead father, and by them adopted and tenderly cared for.

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Doubts such as those I have intimated drove many good persons to agitate the questions of social reform.

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"Why should I not recognise his talent even if he isn't a good person? I don't even know if he is a good person.

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"I'd rather take a good person who's a decent footballer than a very good footballer who's a d**khead," he said.

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Agan's partner, Jacqueline Cabos, told probers that she did not know of anyone who had a grudge against the victim 'because he was a good person.'