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well-willers

well-willers is the plural of well-willer.

Meaning of well-willer

Noun

well-willer (plural well-willers)

  1. (archaic) One who wishes (someone) well, or means kindly (toward someone).
    • For he determined with him selfe thenceforth to send no embassadour vnto Constantius, neyther to doe homage, or to honor him as his superiour, patrone, or wellwiller: but to deale in all matters accordinge vnto his owne will and pleasure.1577, “The Ecclesiasticall Historye of Socrates Scholasticvs”, in Meredith Hanmer, transl., The Auncient Ecclesiasticall Histories of the First Six Hundred Yeares after Christ, London: Thomas...

Questions about well-willers

What is well-willers the plural of?
Well-willers is the plural of well-willer.

Words near well-willers in the dictionary

  1. well-upholstered
  2. well-used
  3. well-versed
  4. well-will
  5. well-willer
  6. well-willers
  7. well-willing
  8. well-wish
  9. well-wished
  10. well-wisher
  11. well-wishers

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