good willer
good willer noun: one who wishes someone well, or means kindly toward someone.
Noun
good willer (plural good willers)
- One who wishes someone well, or means kindly toward someone.
- […] if these noble men admonished by their frendes, had not sodaynly departed, their lyfes threde had bene broken, and their mortall fate had them ensued, but by secrete admonicion of their good willers (to whome no earthly treasure is comparable) they auoided this net, and narowly escaped the...1548, Edward Hall, The Vnion of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre [and] Yorke, London: Richard Grafton, “The trobleous season of Kyng Henry the sixt,” The .xxxv. yere, p. 171
- […] because their Masters were no great good willers to the King, the Protectour in the Kings Name sent the Executioner to put them to death, with a Guard of Pikes.1625, Samuel Purchas, Purchas His Pilgrimes, London: Henry Fetherstone, Part 1, “Navigations and voyages of English-men alongst the coasts of Africa,” Book 3, Chapter 4, § 6, p. 184
- Synonyms:
- well-willer, well-wisher
- Antonyms:
- evil willer, ill-willer
Synonyms of good willer
Antonyms
Forms of good willer
| plural | good willers |
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Questions about good willer
- What does good willer mean?
- Good willer means one who wishes someone well, or means kindly toward someone.
- What part of speech is good willer?
- Good willer is a noun.
- What is the plural of good willer?
- The plural of good willer is good willers.
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