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DO-GOODER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does do-gooder mean?
• DO-GOODER (noun)
The noun DO-GOODER has 1 sense:
1. someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms
Familiarity information: DO-GOODER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
do-gooder; humanitarian; improver
Hypernyms ("do-gooder" is a kind of...):
benefactor; helper (a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help))
Derivation:
do good (be beneficial for)
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