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• hail-fellow-well-met — 1. adjective Sociable, friendly. And at first he sings small, and is hail fellow well met with Sheamus thats James of the Glens, my chieftains agent. 2. noun a sociable, friendly person. My father was reserved an …   Wiktionary

• Hail fellow well met — is a somewhat archaic English idiom used either as an exagerrated greeting or referring to a person who is sociable and constantly making an effort at winning friends. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) gives a 1589 quotation for this phrase as… …   Wikipedia

• hail-fellow-well-met — old fashioned a man who is hail fellow well met is very friendly and pleasant, often in a way that you do not trust. He was a hail fellow well met sort of a man who d greet you with a big slap on the back …   New idioms dictionary

• hail — hail1 [hāl] vt. [ME hailen, to salute, greet < hail, heil < ON heill, whole, sound, akin to OE hal (see HALE1, WHOLE): used as a salutation] 1. to welcome, greet, etc. with or as with cheers; acclaim 2. to name by way of tribute; salute as… …   English World dictionary

• well — Ⅰ. well [1] ► ADVERB (better, best) 1) in a good or satisfactory way. 2) in a condition of prosperity or comfort. 3) in a favourable or approving manner. 4) in a thorough manner. 5) …   English terms dictionary

• fellow —    The original sense of this word was business partner, but by the fourteenth century it also had the meaning of companion in a more general sense. It became the usual way of addressing a male servant, and at first would have been thought to be… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

• well — well1 adverb (better, best) 1》 in a good or satisfactory way.     ↘in a condition of prosperity or comfort.     ↘archaic luckily; opportunely: hail fellow, well met. 2》 in a thorough manner.     ↘to a great extent or degree; very much.     ↘Brit …   English new terms dictionary

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• Charles Santley — in Auber s opera Fra Diavolo. Sir Charles Santley (February 28, 1834 September 22, 1922) was an English born opera and oratorio star with a bravura[Note 1] technique who became the most eminent English baritone …   Wikipedia