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do-gooder

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

do-good·er / ˈdoō ˌgoŏdər/ • n. a well-meaning but unrealistic or interfering philanthropist or reformer. DERIVATIVES: do-good adj. & n. do-good·er·y / -ərē/ n. do-good·ism / -goŏdˌizəm/ n.

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do-gooder

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

do-gooder •Barbuda, barracuda, Bermuda, brooder, Buxtehude, colluder, deluder, excluder, intruder, Judah, Luda, Neruda, obtruder, Tudor •mouthbrooder •Buddha, do-gooder •Kaunda, Munda •judder, rudder, shudder, udder •numdah •asunder, blunder, chunder, hereunder, plunder, rotunda, sunder, thereunder, thunder, under, up-and-under, wonder •husbander • seconder • Shetlander •mainlander • Greenlander •Queenslander • midlander •Little Englander •Highlander, islander •Icelander • Hollander • lowlander •Newfoundlander • woodlander •colander • Canada • Kannada •ambassador • forwarder •birder, Gerda, girder, herder, murder

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Free newspaper and magazine articles

	I've beliefs and I stick to them but I'm no boring do-gooder; THE BIG... Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 1/2/1998
	DO-GOODER'S FRIENDS EAT UP TO BENEFIT YOUTH FOUNDATION.(LOCAL) Newspaper article from: The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA); 4/21/2002
	Do-gooder or pariah? Some dealers add $250 to $1,000 in fees to a vehicle's... Magazine article from: Automotive News; 10/13/2008