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well-wisher

[ wel-wish-er ]

/ ˈwɛlˌwɪʃ ər /

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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-wish·ing, adjective, noun

Words nearby well-wisher

well-turned, well-understood, well-upholstered, well-used, well-versed, well-wisher, well-woman, well-wooded, well-worn, well-written, well-wrought

Example sentences from the Web for well-wisher

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 |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 |DAILY BEAST
Yunes is your well-wisher, and will attend to what you may say to him.

Fire and Sword in the Sudan |Rudolf C. Slatin
This fact has been recorded in one of the pamphlets of Richard Baxter, who, however, was no well-wisher to our philosopher.

Calamities and Quarrels of Authors |Isaac Disraeli

And she did read it all to the end, closing it, however, without mentioning the final "Well-Wisher."

Marion Fay |Anthony Trollope
Henceforth, let no well-wisher of mine speak of such things!

The Bbur-nma in English |Babur, Emperor of Hindustan
I should have been welcome, in my country, with no better introduction than being (as I may say) his friend and well-wisher.

The Fallen Leaves |Wilkie Collins

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