"good guy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: good guys [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} good guy (plural good guys)
  1. (informal) A hero, particularly a protagonist in a story. Tags: informal Categories (topical): People Translations (a hero): hyvis (Finnish), sankari (Finnish), Held [masculine] (German), Guter [informal, masculine] (German), mocinho [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), hjälte [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-good_guy-en-noun-Pm6slWGU Disambiguation of People: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'a hero': 100 0
  2. (informal) An all-around pleasant person; usually a man. Tags: informal Categories (topical): People, Stock characters
    Sense id: en-good_guy-en-noun-e1xj36Pi Disambiguation of People: 46 54 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 22 78 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 16 84

Inflected forms

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