The Collaborative International Dictionary
Great-hearted
Great-hearted \Great"-heart`ed\, a.
High-spirited; fearless. [Obs.]
--Clarendon.Generous; magnanimous; noble. [WordNet sense 1]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Usage examples of "great-hearted".
She was free to deal on her own with the problem of a courageous, loyal, great-hearted, quixotic boy too old for his years who had, she knew in her bones, submitted for the second time to the alembic of a Change leader.
John Adams was also, as many could attest, a great-hearted, persevering man of uncommon ability and force.