GOOD SPIRIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does good spirit mean? 

• GOOD SPIRIT (noun)
  The noun GOOD SPIRIT has 1 sense:

1. a benevolent spirit

  Familiarity information: GOOD SPIRIT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GOOD SPIRIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A benevolent spirit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

eudaemon; eudemon; good spirit

Hypernyms ("good spirit" is a kind of...):

guardian angel; guardian spirit (an angel believed to have special affection for a particular individual)

Domain region:

Ellas; Greece; Hellenic Republic (a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil)

 Context examples 

You know I have a pretty good spirit of my own.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Oh, for some good spirit to suggest a judicious and satisfactory response!

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

I saw Uriah watch her while she greeted us; and he reminded me of an ugly and rebellious genie watching a good spirit.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)