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interjection Archaic.
a salutation of greeting or welcome.
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Origin of all hail

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Words nearby all hail

All for Love, All for one and one for all, all for the best, all fours, all gone, all hail, Allhallowmas, Allhallows, Allhallows Eve, Allhallowtide, all hands on deck
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Words related to all hail

calling, cry, signal, alarm, command, hail, holler, scream, shout, whoop, yawp, yell, ahoy

How to use all hail in a sentence

  • He was practising what I always think of as his celluloid smile, whispering, and all-hail with everybody.

    Red Men and White|Owen Wister

  • He then parodied the All-hail of the witches to Macbeth, addressing himself to me.

    Life Of Johnson, Volume 5|Boswell

British Dictionary definitions for all hail

all hail
interjection
an archaic greeting or salutation

Word Origin for all hail

C14, literally: all health (to someone)
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