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GOOD GUY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does good guy mean?
• GOOD GUY (noun)
The noun GOOD GUY has 1 sense:
1. any person who is on your side
Familiarity information: GOOD GUY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any person who is on your side
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("good guy" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Antonym:
bad guy (any person who is not on your side)
Context examples
What they liked, and were willing to scrap for, was just Mart Eden, one of the bunch and a pretty good guy.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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"Trust yourself and your horse." (Croatian proverb)