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all hails

all hails is the plural of all hail.

Meaning of all hail

Noun

all hail (plural all hails)

  1. A salutation of "all hail" (interjection interjection sense 1); hence, a salutation indicating respect or welcome.
    • Brother Kempe, as many alhailes to thy perſon as there be haicocks in Iuly at Pancredge: […][1589?], Cutbert Curry-knaue [pseudonym; Thomas Nashe], “To that Most Comicall and Conceited Caualeire Monsieur du Kempe, Iestmonger and Vice-gerent generall to the Ghost of Dicke Tarlton. His Louing...

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Questions about all hails

What is all hails the plural of?
All hails is the plural of all hail.

Words near all hails in the dictionary

  1. all good in the hood
  2. all good things
  3. all good things come to an end
  4. all good things must come to an end
  5. all hail
  6. all hails
  7. All Hallow's Eve
  8. All Hallows
  9. All Hallows Eve
  10. All Hallows' Day
  11. All Hallows' Eve

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