From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englisha fine man/woman etca fine man/woman etcADMIREa good person that you respect Your father is a fine man, a real gentleman. → fine
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a fine man/woman etc• Really sad case, that, because he'd been a fine man.• And he was a fine man, a good man.• Ben's a fine man, but he does talk so much.• I travelled in and they did an interview which a fine man called Peter Canham heard on his car radio.• He was a fine man, Con Meredith-Lee.• Aye, a fine man, Elizabeth thought admiringly.• She was a fine woman, unspoilt by childbirth, her body hardened by fieldwork.• You're a fine woman when you're roused, my darling. 