kindheart

English

Etymology

kind +‎ heart

Noun

kindheart (plural kindhearts)

  1. (rare) A kindhearted person.
    • c. 1614, Ben Jonson, Bartholomew Fair
      […] he has nary a Sword-and-Bucklerman in his Fair, nor a little Davy to take toll o' the Bawds there, as in my time, nor a Kindheart, if anybody's teeth should chance to ache in his Play.
    • 1992, John Grant, The World
      It could as likely be a killer as a kindheart, and he had no wish for the knife within him to be matched by a real knife of iron from without.
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