good guy
informal (originally US )
noun
(Usually with the, frequently in plural) a good or virtuous person; especially one who is on the side of good against evil in a story, film, etc., and whom the reader or audience is intended to support or identify with; (in extended use) a person who is on one's side; frequently opposed to bad guy.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Boys' Life.
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