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Definition

A person, usually a male, who is generous, nurturing, and dedicated to positivity and helping others.

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Origins

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

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In Context

  • "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."