Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who wills or wishes well; a well-wisher.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare One who wishes well, or means kindly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic One who wishes well, or means kindly.
- noun A well-willer of yours. — Brydges.
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Examples
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And the wind our well-willer drives fierce to the land.
The Story of the Glittering Plain; or, the land of Living Men William Morris 1865
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Knight of the burnt Island and a well-willer to the Mathematicks.
The Hesperides & Noble Numbers: Vol. 1 and 2 Robert Herrick 1632
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Strambo) a secret well-willer to Lagina, whose love became the more furthered by his friendly meeting.
The Decameron 2004
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Earl said: "My masters, I deem that my Lady hath will to speak to me privily, as to one who is her chiefest friend and well-willer.
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Then man looked on man, and the Earl said: "My masters, I deem that my Lady hath will to speak to me privily, as to one who is her chiefest friend and well-willer.
Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair William Morris 1865
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Then shall I give thee what honour thou art worthy of, and thou shalt find in me a well-willer. "
The Sundering Flood William Morris 1865
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