well-wisher

[ wel-wish-er ]

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noun

a person who wishes well to another person, a cause, etc.

Origin of well-wisher

First recorded in 1580–90

Other words from well-wisher

well-wishing, adjective, noun

Words Nearby well-wisher

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How to use well-wisher in a sentence

At least that's what one well-wisher who met Kate Middleton as she went walkabout today thinks.
Kate Middleton's Royal Baby: Is It a Girl? | Tom Sykes | March 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
She told one well-wisher who asked that her baby had been kicking "very much".
Where's The Bump? Kate Middleton in Grimsby | Tom Sykes | March 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
No well-wisher of India, no patriot dare look upon the impending destruction of the hand-loom weaver with equanimity.
Third class in Indian railways | Mahatma Gandhi
"I come to you from a well-wisher," he went on in oily tones, without lifting his eyes.
The Empty House And Other Ghost Stories | Algernon Blackwood
For is he not a well-wisher of the French Revolution, a Jacobin, and therefore in that one act guilty of all?
Life of Robert Burns | Thomas Carlyle

I am a well wisher to the Company, and also to America; but death to an American is more desirable than slavery.
Tea Leaves | Various
He was conscious of a willingness to consider it himself, as a friend of the family and a well-wisher of Chubbins.
Bunker Bean | Harry Leon Wilson

British Dictionary definitions for well-wisher

well-wisher

noun

a person who shows benevolence or sympathy towards a person, cause, etc

Derived forms of well-wisher

well-wishing, adjective, noun

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