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