wellwisher

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wellwisher (plural wellwishers)

  1. Alternative spelling of well-wisher
    • 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:
      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.
    • 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:
      [G]ive me the hopes of my dear girl's approaching felicity, equal to the deſires of / Her ſincereſt VVellvviſher, / LAVINIA RAWLINS.
    • 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:
      "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."
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