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Definition of Hail-fellow
1. Adjective. Heartily friendly and congenial.
Similar to: Friendly
Derivative terms: Comrade, Comradeliness
Definition of Hail-fellow
1. Noun. An intimate companion. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hail-fellow
Literary usage of Hail-fellow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"To be hail-fellow with any one, to be on such a footing as to greet him with
hail-fellow at meeting. Still used occasionally, though not in serious writing. ..."
2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"To be hail-fellow with any one, to be on such a footing ... to greet him with
hail-fellow at meeting. Still used occasionally, though not in serious writing ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"So the fuller expression, "hail, fellow ¡well met! ... The master and servant
are at hail-fellow. J. Goodman, Winter Evening's Conferences. ..."
4. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"hail-fellow, ». An expression of intimacy. To be hail fellow well met with every
one, to mix in all sorts of society. Now man that erst kaile-fellow was ..."
5. Reporting Reminiscences by William Carnie (1902)
"... the hail-fellow- well-met sailor-knight of the domain. He was Chairman of the
Railway Directors as well as proprietor of the field of operations, ..."
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