wassail
noun
a salutation wishing health to a person, used in England in early times when presenting a cup of drink or when drinking to the person.
wassailer
-
a word derived from
wassail.
Example Sentences
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A heedless husbandman you must have been, a gambler or wassailer, to have brought yourself to this sorry pass.
From Historical Tales, Vol. 4 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris
These words were afterwards corrupted into wassail and wassailer.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces by Samuel Johnson
In fact, in the U Pinkasu beer hall Simonov had idly picked up a magazine left by some earlier wassailer.
From Freedom by Mack Reynolds
Dispense with me—I am no wassailer: Command me in all service save the Bacchant's.
From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry by Ernest Hartley Coleridge
The earth and all its planetary kin, Starry buds tangled in the whirling hair That flames round the Phoebean wassailer, Speed no more ignorant, more predestined flight, Than I, HER viewless tresses netted in.
From Sister Songs; an offering to two sisters by Francis Thompson
