Hail-fellow

Quick meaning: Hail-fellow is an adjective meaning Synonym of hail-fellow-well-met.

Meaning

Synonym of hail-fellow-well-met.

More Meanings

1. (dated) A close acquaintance.

Example Sentences

that being forbidden to be bold thou shouldst grow impudent, or being suffered to be familiar thou shouldst wax hail-fellow?.

And there were ministers of many creeds,—pastors of great, gilt-edged congregations, at the seaside for a rest, with shepherds of the regular work,—from the priests of the Church on the Hill to bush-bearded ex-sailor Lutherans, hail-fellow with the men of a score of boats.

Losing money every time he sold a beast, wasting stamps galore on letters to endless auctioneers, frequently remaining in town half a week at a stretch, and being hail-fellow to all the spongers to be found on the trail of such as he, quickly left him on the verge of bankruptcy. Some of his contemporaries say it was grog that did it all.

Word Forms

• hail-fellows

Synonyms for hail-fellow

Depending on context, synonyms include hail-fellow-well-met, friendly, comradely.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hail-fellow-well-met, comradely, friendly, hailfellow, fellow, familiar.

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