Goodwiller
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Goodwiller is a noun meaning One who practices or engages in goodwill, or who acts out of goodwill; one who bestows favours; a benefactor; volunteer.
Meaning
One who practices or engages in goodwill, or who acts out of goodwill; one who bestows favours; a benefactor; volunteer.
Example Sentences
Outnumbered by earnest goodwillers, he agrees to visit the Queen.
Curiosity wasn't a goodwiller in that it tried to consume him completely.
And yet...and yet, the goodwillers cried, something was being misunderstood: Humanity was surely better than this! No! [...]
It appears by the testimony in a suit in 1619, that John Gale, son of Richard, was in 1677, "a goodwiller" to the daughter of Henry Spring, senior, who, with his wife Mehitable, testified that " Goodman Richard Gale came to our house to ask our goodwill to make a match …
Word Forms
- goodwillers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include welldoer, benefactor, benefactory, contributor, benefiter, giver.
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