Definition of Man of deeds

1. Noun. Someone inclined to act first and think later.

Exact synonyms: Man Of Action
Generic synonyms: Actor, Doer, Worker

Lexicographical Neighbors of Man Of Deeds

man day
man down
man flu
man ho
man hour
man in the moon
man in the street
man is a wolf to man
man is the measure of all things
man jack
man magnet
man of God
man of action
man of affairs
man of deeds (current term)
man of few words
man of letters
man of means
man of one's word
man of parts
man of science
man of size
man of straw
man of the cloth
man of the hour
man of the world
man of war
man on
man on the Clapham omnibus

Literary usage of Man of deeds

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mind and Hand: Manual Training, the Chief Factor in Education by Charles Henry Ham (1900)
"Mr. Gladstone a Man of Ideas, Mr. Bessemer a Man of Deeds.—The Value of the latter's Inventions.—Mr. Gladstone represents the Old Education, Mr. Bessemer ..."

2. A Guide to the Best Fiction in English by Ernest Albert ( Baker (1913)
"Man of Deeds and not of Words, The, 528. Man of Devon, A, 244. Man of Feeling, 20. Man of Genius, A, 382. Man of Gold, A, 599. Man of His Age, A, 230. ..."

3. Biographical History of Massachusetts: Biographies and Autobiographies of ...by Samuel Atkins Eliot by Samuel Atkins Eliot (1914)
"... the portrait of John CF Slayton, a man of deeds, a man of generous promptings, a man of patriotic impulses, a man imbued with great love of country and ..."

4. The History of Detroit and Michigan: Or, The Metropolis Illustrated; a Full by Silas Farmer (1889)
"He is patient, untiring, industrious, modest and practical—a man of deeds rather than words. He has never overreached nor attempted what was beyond his ..."

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