"good guy" meaning in English

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Noun

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), 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
    Sense id: en-good_guy-en-noun-e1xj36Pi Disambiguation of People: 46 54 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 94 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 10 90

Inflected forms

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