well-doer
(ˈwɛlˌduːə(r))
One who does well; one who lives virtuously or acts uprightly.
| c 1450 Mirk's Festial 1 To bryng..weldoers to þe blys þat euer schall last. 1530 Palsgr. Ep. to King p. iv, Well doers in any kynde of vertue. 1648–58 Hexham ii. s.v. Wel, Een wel-doender, oft wel-dader, a Benefactour or a Well⁓doer. 1684 Contempl. St. Man i. v. (1699) 51 Who is so general a well-doer, that no Body complains of him. 1961 New Eng. Bible John iii. 11 The well-doer is a child of God; the evil-doer has never seen God. |