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Definition of Public-spirited
1. Adjective. Showing unselfish interest in the public welfare. "A public-spirited citizen"
Definition of Public-spirited
1. Adjective. Having personal motivation toward the betterment of the public. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Public-spirited
Literary usage of Public-spirited
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural TasteGarde (1855)
"He was an energetic, zealous, public-spirited man, ever ready to co-operate in
plans of agricultural and horticultural improvement. He possessed a friendly, ..."
2. Personal Memoirs and Recollections of Editorial Life by Joseph Tinker Buckingham (1852)
"public-spirited as a citizen, scrupulously honorable as a man of business,
affectionately liberal as a friend, one who knew him, had enjoyed his friendship, ..."
3. Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar: A Memoir by Moorfield Storey, Edward Waldo Emerson (1911)
"... CHAPTER VI THE public-spirited CITIZEN MR. EMERSON'S note "that they who drink
for some time the Potomac water lose their relish" for the streams of ..."
4. Woman Suffrage: Hearings Before the Committee on Woman Suffrage, United by Henry Fountain Ashurst (1913)
"... the most intelligent, most public-spirited, and most high-minded men and women
of my State have stood for this cause. My profession is that of the ..."
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