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"ref": "1770, “Letter XIV. Miss Lavinia Rawlins, to Mrs. Gertrude Coningsby.”, in The History of Lavinia Rawlins. […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: […] [F]or the editor; and sold by F. Noble, […]; and J. Noble, […], page 111",
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"ref": "1827, [Thomas Hamilton], chapter III, in The Youth and Manhood of Cyril Thornton. […], volume II, Edinburgh: William Blackwood; London: T[homas] Cadell, →OCLC, page 70",
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"ref": "1962 August, “Society Column: Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Preservation Society”, in Modern Railways, Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, unnumbered page",
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"ref": "1997, Ken Keeler, “El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)”, in The Simpsons, season 8, episode 9, spoken by Moe Szyslak (Hank Azaria)",
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"ref": "2020 January 15, Nigel Harris, “HST’s East Coast Farewell Tour”, in Rail, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 34",
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"ref": "2019, A. A. A. Aardvark [pseudonym; Matthew Holmes], Quit before You’re Fired, and Other Visions through Inertia, [Riverwood, N.S.W.]: [Matthew Holmes], page 53",
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"ref": "1761, Titus Livius [i.e., Livy], chapter L, in [anonymous], transl., Titus Livius’s Roman History from the Building of the City. […], volume VII, Edinburgh: […] A[lexander] Donaldson and J[ohn] Reid, for Alexander Donaldson, →OCLC, book XXXIII, page 235",
"text": "Nor did he ſeem to have made an unreaſonable reply to them both, and it vvas eaſy for a ſpeech to be received favorably amongſt vvellvviſhers.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1770, “Letter XIV. Miss Lavinia Rawlins, to Mrs. Gertrude Coningsby.”, in The History of Lavinia Rawlins. […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: […] [F]or the editor; and sold by F. Noble, […]; and J. Noble, […], page 111",
"text": "[G]ive me the hopes of my dear girl's approaching felicity, equal to the deſires of / Her ſincereſt VVellvviſher, / LAVINIA RAWLINS.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1827, [Thomas Hamilton], chapter III, in The Youth and Manhood of Cyril Thornton. […], volume II, Edinburgh: William Blackwood; London: T[homas] Cadell, →OCLC, page 70",
"text": "\"You see before you,\" she said, with choking utterance, \"one who, fallen and degraded as she is, would still venture to hope that she has a friend, at least a wellwisher, in Mr Thornton. If I am mistaken in this, alas! I am friendless.\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1962 August, “Society Column: Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Preservation Society”, in Modern Railways, Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, unnumbered page",
"text": "Already a J72 0-6-0T has been promised by a well-wisher and will be re-painted in North Eastern Railway livery.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1997, Ken Keeler, “El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)”, in The Simpsons, season 8, episode 9, spoken by Moe Szyslak (Hank Azaria)",
"text": "I'm a well-wisher, in that I don't wish you any specific harm.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2020 January 15, Nigel Harris, “HST’s East Coast Farewell Tour”, in Rail, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 34",
"text": "At each stopping place I stepped out of the train to chat to well-wishers.",
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"Someone who extends good wishes, or expresses sympathy, to someone else."
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"wishes",
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[
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],
[
"sympathy",
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]
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{
"word": "good willer"
},
{
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "well-willer"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English terms with rare senses"
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"Followed by to: someone who has an ambition to be or become something."
],
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"to",
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[
"ambition",
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"become",
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"(obsolete, rare) Followed by to: someone who has an ambition to be or become something."
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"rare"
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"ipa": "/ˈwɛlˌwɪʃə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˈwɛlˌwɪʃɚ/",
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"General-American"
]
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"Southern-England"
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "dobrazyčlívjec",
"sense": "someone who extends good wishes to someone else",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "добразычлі́вец"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "dobrazyčlíŭka",
"sense": "someone who extends good wishes to someone else",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "добразычлі́ўка"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zyčlívjec",
"sense": "someone who extends good wishes to someone else",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "зычлі́вец"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zyčlíŭka",
"sense": "someone who extends good wishes to someone else",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "зычлі́ўка"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "khoẏer khã",
"sense": "someone who extends good wishes to someone else",
"word": "খয়ের খাঁ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dobroželátel",
"sense": "someone who extends good wishes to someone else",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "доброжела́тел"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhùfúzhě",
"sense": "someone who extends good wishes to someone else",
"word": "祝福者"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "someone who extends good wishes to someone else",
"word": "onnentoivottaja"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "someone who extends good wishes to someone else",
"word": "onnittelija"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who extends good wishes to someone else",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Wohlwünscher"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone who extends good wishes to someone else",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Wohlwünscherin"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "śubhecchu",
"sense": "someone who extends good wishes to someone else",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "शुभेच्छु"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "someone who extends good wishes to someone else",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "velunnari"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "someone who extends good wishes to someone else",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lucht dea-mhéine"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "batagöi",
"sense": "someone who extends good wishes to someone else",
"word": "батагөй"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "someone who extends good wishes to someone else",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "benevolus"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "someone who extends good wishes to someone else",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "labvēlis"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "dobronámernik",
"sense": "someone who extends good wishes to someone else",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "доброна́мерник"
},
{
"code": "mag",
"lang": "Magahi",
"roman": "kharkhāh",
"sense": "someone who extends good wishes to someone else",
"word": "𑂎𑂩𑂎𑂰𑂯"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "someone who extends good wishes to someone else",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sympatyk"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "someone who extends good wishes to someone else",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "voitor de bine"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dobroželátelʹ",
"sense": "someone who extends good wishes to someone else",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "доброжела́тель"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dobroželátelʹnica",
"sense": "someone who extends good wishes to someone else",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "доброжела́тельница"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "vēṇṭiyavaṉ",
"sense": "someone who extends good wishes to someone else",
"word": "வேண்டியவன்"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "śrēyōbhilāṣi",
"sense": "someone who extends good wishes to someone else",
"word": "శ్రేయోభిలాషి"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dobrozýčlyvecʹ",
"sense": "someone who extends good wishes to someone else",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "добрози́чливець"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dobrozyčlývecʹ",
"sense": "someone who extends good wishes to someone else",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "доброзичли́вець"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dobrozýčlyvycja",
"sense": "someone who extends good wishes to someone else",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "добрози́чливиця"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dobrozyčlývycja",
"sense": "someone who extends good wishes to someone else",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "доброзичли́виця"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zýčlyvecʹ",
"sense": "someone who extends good wishes to someone else",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "зи́чливець"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zyčlývecʹ",
"sense": "someone who extends good wishes to someone else",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "зичли́вець"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zýčlyvycja",
"sense": "someone who extends good wishes to someone else",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "зи́чливиця"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zyčlývycja",
"sense": "someone who extends good wishes to someone else",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "зичли́виця"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "xair-xvāh, xair-xāh",
"sense": "someone who extends good wishes to someone else",
"word": "خیر خواہ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dobroželátel",
"sense": "someone who expresses sympathy to someone else",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "доброжела́тел"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "someone who expresses sympathy to someone else",
"word": "osanottaja"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "dobronámernik",
"sense": "someone who expresses sympathy to someone else",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "доброна́мерник"
}
],
"word": "well-wisher"
}
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"English compound nouns",
"English compound terms",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English nouns",
"English terms suffixed with -er",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"en:People"
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"2": "well",
"3": "wisher",
"t1": "hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, etc."
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{
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with rare senses"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2008, Alan Pinkett, chapter 12, in Utta Drivel Too, [S.l.]: [Lulu.com], published 2015, page 45",
"text": "They strolled on and passed a smiling man standing by the Village wishing well. \"Well,\" said the well-wisher. Ah … must be the Village idiot.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2014, Nancy Atherton, chapter 7, in Aunt Dimity & the Wishing Well (Aunt Dimity series; 19), London: Headline Publishing Group, page 67",
"text": "\"I'll put a removable lid on it [a wishing well],\" he assured her. \"That way, it'll be safe for the nippers, but accessible to, um, well wishers. Have a wish in mind, Bree?\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2019, A. A. A. Aardvark [pseudonym; Matthew Holmes], Quit before You’re Fired, and Other Visions through Inertia, [Riverwood, N.S.W.]: [Matthew Holmes], page 53",
"text": "Maybe I am a wishing well, / I have regular well-wishers / Throwing me a coin. / Only change they throw me / Because they don't expect to see / Any change back.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Someone who makes a wish at a wishing well."
],
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[
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],
[
"wishing well",
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"(nonce word, rare) Someone who makes a wish at a wishing well."
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"ipa": "/ˈwɛlˌwɪʃə/",
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"Received-Pronunciation"
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},
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"General-American"
]
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"word": "well-wisher"
}
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