well-wisher
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well-wisher¹
- /ˈwɛlˌwɪʃə/ UK
- /ˈwɛlˌwɪʃɚ/ US
Where it comes from
From well (“in a desirable manner; so as one could wish”, adverb) + wisher.
noun well-wishers
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Someone who extends good wishes, or expresses sympathy, to someone else.
[T]hose honest gentlemen that are always exposed to the wit and raillery of their well-wishers and companions; that are pelted by men, women, and children, friends and foes, and in a word, stand as butts in conversation, for every one to shoot at that pleases.
Similar: good willer, well-willer · Opposite: evil willer, ill-willer
- Followed by to: someone who has an ambition to be or become something. I never saw your chancellor, nor his chaplain. The latter has a good deal of learning, and is a well wisher to be an author: your chancellor is an excellent man.
well-wisher²
- /ˈwɛlˌwɪʃə/ UK
- /ˈwɛlˌwɪʃɚ/ US
Where it comes from
From well (“hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, etc.”) + wisher.
noun well-wishers
- Someone who makes a wish at a wishing well. They strolled on and passed a smiling man standing by the Village wishing well. "Well," said the well-wisher. Ah … must be the Village idiot.
Translations
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noun someone who extends good wishes to someone else
| 中文 | 祝福者 zhùfúzhě |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | शुभेच्छु śubhecchu, शुभचिंतक śubhcintak, हितार्थी hitārthī, हितार्थ hitārth, हितचिंतक hitcintak |
| Deutsch | Wohlwünscher, Wohlwünscherin |
| Română | voitor de bine |
| Русский | доброжела́тель dobroželátelʹ, доброжела́тельница dobroželátelʹnica |
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