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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Great-hearted

Great-hearted \Great"-heart`ed\, a.

  1. High-spirited; fearless. [Obs.]
    --Clarendon.

  2. Generous; magnanimous; noble. [WordNet sense 1]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
great-hearted

late 14c., from great + hearted.

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.