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hail-fellows

hail-fellows is the plural of hail-fellow.

Meaning of hail-fellow

Noun

hail-fellow (plural hail-fellows)

  1. (dated) A close acquaintance.
    • that being forbidden to be bold thou shouldst grow impudent, or being suffered to be familiar thou shouldst wax hail-fellow?.1580, John Lyly, Euphues and His England

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Questions about hail-fellows

What is hail-fellows the plural of?
Hail-fellows is the plural of hail-fellow.

Words near hail-fellows in the dictionary

  1. hail sugars
  2. hail'd
  3. hail-fellow
  4. hail-fellow-well-met
  5. hail-fellow-well-mets
  6. hail-fellows
  7. hail-fellows-well-met
  8. hail-shot
  9. hailable
  10. Hailaerh
  11. Hailakandi

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