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hailfellow

hailfellow is the alternative form 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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Forms of hailfellow

pluralhailfellows

Questions about hailfellow

What is hailfellow the alternative form of?
Hailfellow is the alternative form of hail-fellow.

Words near hailfellow in the dictionary

  1. Haileyburians
  2. Haileybury
  3. Haileys
  4. hailfall
  5. hailfalls
  6. hailfellow
  7. hailfellows
  8. Hailie
  9. hailing
  10. hailing down
  11. hailing from

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