noble-minded
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of noble-minded
First recorded in 1850–55
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The idea is regulations are often supported by a surprising alliance of noble-minded moralists and profit-driven cynics.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2019
As an interpreter, Mørk avoided the noble-minded protocol—the high-school-graduation tread—that is too common in Elgar.
From The New Yorker ● May 30, 2016
Peter Auty's José is initially defined as the noble-minded nice guy who is ostensibly different from the rest until, of course, we gradually become aware of the demons of instability and obsession that drive him.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 18, 2011
Habitually moral, gentle, tolerant, noble-minded, this was the truest answer, yet he regarded himself quite simply and scientifically as "differing" from faithful folk who "make themselves quite easy by intuition."
From Time Magazine Archive
"Phew! what a noble-minded man!—A little more alicante, please."
From San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Charles Paul de Kock
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