单词 | good doer |
释义 | good doern. 1. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > [noun] > right action or well-doing > a doer of good good doer1340 well-worker1555 benefactora1616 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 135 Þe poure man..yelt þonkes mid herte to his guod doere. 1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 52 (MED) On þe same day in special, to haue a messe of requiem for..þe breþeren and þe gode doers of þe forseyd gilde. c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 16 And pray fore here good-doers as breder i-blest, And depart here almys lest hit be lest. 1478 Will of Ralph Verney in J. Bruce Verney Papers (1853) 27 To pray for my soule and the soules..of all my goode-doers. 1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 18 I come to the..to beseike the to receaue in thy protection al my gud doars. b. A person who does good deeds; a person who behaves virtuously or philanthropically. Cf. do-gooder n.Now sometimes with the same depreciative overtones as do-gooder. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > philanthropist good doerc1400 well-doerc1400 do-good1654 philanthropist1730 philanthrope1742 humanity-monger1829 philanthropic1839 humanitarian1843 pantophile1876 Scarlet Pimpernel1958 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] > person well-willing1340 good doerc1400 well-doerc1400 sootc1430 well-willer1443 benefeterc1449 benevoler?1488 benefactor1532 good-willera1541 well-wisher?1576 ministering angel1592 well-meaner1597 angel1598 obliger1634 Samaritan1640 well-woulder1643 obligator1798 benevolist1825 living doll1961 c1400 Prose Versions New Test.: 1 Pet. (Douce) (1904) ii. 14 (MED) Beþ sogettis..to dukes, as to hem þat beþ fro hem sentte to vengeaunce of yuel doeris, & soþely preysynge to good doaris. a1555 J. Hooper Expos. vpon 23 Psalme of Dauid sig. D.ii The mercye of God, who maketh..of an euyl doer, a good doer. 1628 R. Hayman tr. J. Owen Certaine Epigrams iv. 28 in Quodlibets Good doers deserue Heau'n after this life: Thou hast thy deseru'd heau'n, thou hast no wife. 1718 A. Ramsay Lucky Spence's Last Advice 4 My Bennison come on good Doers, Who spend their Cash on Bawds and Whoors. 1887 J. Hutchison Lect. Philippians xxiv. 269 It is a proper thing to remind good-doers of their good deeds. 1942 H. H. Peck Mem. Stockman 244 With his happy and kindly nature and general appearance of ‘a good doer’, he was very popular. 1998 L. Zigman Animal Husbandry (1999) 30 Mia's a good-doer... Assistant director of an abortion clinic, by day, women's shelter volunteer by night. 2011 Hull Daily Mail (Nexis) 27 Dec. 11 And all you goody good-doers, it's partly your fault, so leave it out. 2. a. A thriving, healthy animal, esp. a working animal that consistently stays healthy and able to work. ΚΠ 1827 Aberdeen Jrnl. 2 May 2/5 (advt.) 5 excellent work mares, two of which are in foal, warranted good doers of all kinds of work. 1839 Blackburn Standard 4 Dec. 4/4 Let them not lose this opportunity to put off such of their beasts as are not good doers, for little is to be gained at present prices by this sort of stock. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Good doer, an animal that keeps in healthy and thriving condition. 1966 Farmer wants Wife (Farmers Weekly Farm Women's Club) 18 Once these [pigs] were crossed with the Large White their progeny were robust and good doers. 1998 Carriage Driving Oct. 39/4 (advt.) Ideal for native ponies, even good doers. b. A plant which grows robustly and healthily. ΚΠ 1848 Brit. Farmer's Mag. 17 463/1 Next in repute is the ‘Orkney reds’, chiefly from Orkney, and which proved good doers last year. 1882 Garden 26 Aug. 184/2 This new plant..is what is called a ‘good doer’. 1917 Jrnl. Dept. Agric. Vic. 15 543 The tree is a thrifty, good doer, whose rather large fruit ripens late and keeps well. 2007 T. Longville Gardens of Lake District 51 Cornus alba ‘Aurea’, which is a good doer with nice golden-yellow foliage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1340 |
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