Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who extends good wishes to another.
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- noun Someone who
extends goodwishes , orexpresses sympathy to someone else.
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Examples
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She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all.
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But there was one final well-wisher looking to congratulate Parker.
Pittsburgh blows way into AFC title game with Steeler-like play 2009
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"I'm familiar with it and I don't believe it," Leonard declared, before being pulled away by some well-wisher.
Among Heavy Hitters Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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Truthfully, I'm not a political well-wisher for Sanford, but I don't think he should be forced to resign from his office for a sexual indiscretion.
First on the Ticker: S.C. GOP chair to seek Sanford's resignation 2009
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Akula would wave to someone across the hallway or say hello to a well-wisher.
A Big Split Over Microfinance Megha Bahree 2010
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We are a nation that believes in the universal aspiration for freedom, sometimes as a well-wisher, sometimes as an interventionist.
The GOP's Foreign Policy Debate: A Cheat Sheet Bret Stephens 2011
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"Anything that happens now is better than before," he said when a well-wisher asked him what's next for Egypt.
Cooking Up a Revolution Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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Worst of all, when her son Sebastian died, her home was besieged by reporters, one of whom rushed into the house with a bunch of flowers pretending to be a well-wisher.
They'd built Charlotte Church up, and felt they could knock her down | Sketch 2011
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When I posed the question to her, she admitted she may not have thought this way or have been such a well-wisher 25 years ago, but over the years, there was something about knowing herself and coming into her own which helped her hone this particular approach to life.
Robi Ludwig: Life Lessons Learned Over Coffee Robi Ludwig 2011
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I may not be able to ever make it back to the slums of Makuru and help build a classroom or read with a child, but I can continue to be a well-wisher of this small school that creates hope and light in a very difficult place.
Shayne Moore: A Place of Light and Hope Shayne Moore 2011
ry commented on the word well-wisher
cf. ill-wisher
July 21, 2019