what ho
English
Interjection
- (Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Canada, colloquial, dated) An exclamation of greeting, summons, or surprise.
- 1912, George Bernard Shaw, Androcles and the Lion:
- ‘What ho, there! All who are within hearing, return without fear. Caesar has tamed the lion.’
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, London: Heinemann, OCLC 59891543, page 26:
- ‘What ho!... Treasons, strategems and spoils.’
What ho, Frobisher!
- 1912, George Bernard Shaw, Androcles and the Lion:
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