E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Good Hater (A).
I love a good hater. I like a man to be with me or against me, either to be hot or cold. Dr. Johnson called Bathurst the physician a “good hater,” because he hated a fool, and he hated a rogue, and he hated a Whig; “he,” said the Doctor, “was a very good hater.”
