Johnny Appleseed en · NOUN
Etymology
After the American pioneer nurseryman Johnny Appleseed (1774–1845).
Meanings
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(idiomatic) A person, usually a male, who is generous, nurturing, and dedicated to positivity and helping others.
Seeger, the Johnny Appleseed of folk music, who has always wanted the whole world to sing and shunned celebrity, was a lifelong radical who serenaded the civil rights movement, popularized "We Shall Overcome", and marched and sang for peace in the antiwar movement.
2012, John W. Kirshon, An American Century, page 478:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| Johnny Appleseeds | Number=Plur | lexicographic |