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Johnny Appleseed

Johnny Appleseed noun: a person, usually a male, who is generous, nurturing, and dedicated to positivity and helping others.

Noun

Johnny Appleseed (plural Johnny Appleseeds)

  1. (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 of Johnny Appleseed

pluralJohnny Appleseeds

Origin of Johnny Appleseed

After the American pioneer nurseryman Johnny Appleseed (1774–1845).

Questions about Johnny Appleseed

What does Johnny Appleseed mean?
Johnny Appleseed means a person, usually a male, who is generous, nurturing, and dedicated to positivity and helping others.
What part of speech is Johnny Appleseed?
Johnny Appleseed is a noun.
What is the plural of Johnny Appleseed?
The plural of Johnny Appleseed is Johnny Appleseeds.

Words near Johnny Appleseed in the dictionary

  1. johnnies
  2. Johnnies-come-lately
  3. Johnnies-on-the-spot
  4. Johnno
  5. johnny
  6. Johnny Appleseed
  7. Johnny Appleseeds
  8. Johnny Armstrong
  9. johnny bag
  10. johnny bags
  11. johnny cake

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