Definition of "bleeding-heart" [bleeding-heart]

• Any of several species of bird in the genus Gallicolumba of the pigeon family, native to the Philippines, characterised by a red patch on the plumage of the breast. (noun)
• A person considered to be over-sympathetic to the supposed plight of the underprivileged or exploited. (noun)
• Considered to be over-sympathetic to the supposed plight of the underprivileged or exploited. (adjective)

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• "Affluent bleeding-heart types are almost sure to get the system; cold misanthropes are certain not to."
• "This is a man who was a bleeding-heart liberal FDR Democrat who always stood up for the underdog."
• "Billed as "Justice Anthony M. Kennedy's the Trial of Hamlet," the production featured real-life celebrity lawyers including the deputy district attorney who's prosecuting Lindsay Lohan for shoplifting and, as a bleeding-heart juror, Oscar-winning actress Helen Hunt."