good guy

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English

Noun

good guy (plural good guys)

  1. (informal) a hero
    • 2017 December 1, Tom Breihan, “Mad Max: Fury Road might already be the best action movie ever made”, in The Onion AV Club[1]:
      And yet Jones is perfect in Fury Road, a deeply dangerous human weapon who, because of his infantile need for respect from his father, somehow turns out endearing even though we see him ripping an engine from the hood and throwing it at the good guys.
  2. (informal) an all-around pleasant person; usually a man.
    He was a good guy to visit with and be around.

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