hail-fellow

American  

[heyl-fel-oh, heyl-fel-oh] / ˈheɪlˈfɛl oʊ, ˈheɪlˌfɛl oʊ /

noun

1. Also hail fellow, hail-fellow well met a spiritedly sociable person; jolly companion.

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adjective

1. sociable; heartily genial.

   His hail-fellow manner helped him to advance in the sales force.

Etymology

Origin of hail-fellow

First recorded in 1570–80

Example Sentences

I cannot herd with other men and be "Hail, fellow, well met!" with them as I wish I could.

From Our Friend John Burroughs by Barrus, Clara

After every dog he goes, and gives a sniff at him; and if the savour suit, he’s Hail, fellow, well met! with him the next minute.

From It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)

Hail, fellow Hodge, and well to fare with thy meat, if you have any: But by thy words, as I them smelled, thy daintrels be not many.

From Gammer Gurton's Needle by Art, Mr. S. Mr. of

They are "Hail, fellow, well met" with every Tom, Dick, or Harry that they come across.

From Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)

Her grace of Northumberland sits at a window in Covent-garden, harangues the mob, and is "Hail, fellow, well met!"

From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Walpole, Horace