† goodˈwiller Obs.
[f. goodwill + -er1.]
a. One who has a good will; a well-wisher. b. One who wills or is disposed to what is good.
| a. 1533 Bellenden Livy iii. (1822) 244 At his owre⁓cumming met him his thre sonnis, with mony utheris, his gude willaris and freindis. c 1565 Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (1728) 43 His Favourers and Good-willers. |
| b. a 1541 Barnes Wks. (1573) 272 Heere haue you also, that God moueth vs, and causeth vs to bee good willers. |