white hat
noun
a virtuous hero, especially in a cowboy movie; good guy.
white-hatted
-
a word derived from
white hat.
Example Sentences
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In a red-white-and-blue outfit, high-heeled boots and a pageant sash that reads “Cowboy Carter,” she’s a beauty queen and a white-hatted heroine claiming her nation — her country, in both senses.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2024
Part One begins with Uncle Dick recounting how “the American Century” has been marked by a fight that he and a few other white-hatted cowboys have waged to keep the world safe for “freedom.”
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2015
To the old news that these trades can be gamed, he adds white-hatted heroes armed with algorithms and boundless curiosity.
From New York Times ● Dec. 18, 2014
There were white-hatted legionnaires, French paratroopers in red berets, then Americans in khaki and olive drab.
From Time Magazine Archive
My dear Datchet"--Mr. Dacre loved strong language as little as he loved a scene--"let us trust to time and, a little, to your white-hatted and gardenia-button-holed friend's word of honour.
From Amusement Only by Richard Marsh
