feller
1
[ fel-er ]
/ ˈfɛl ər /
noun Informal.
Origin of feller
1
First recorded in 1815–25; orig. dial.; by reduction of (ō) to (ə) and merger with words ending in
-er
Words nearby feller
fella,
fellable,
fellah,
fellate,
fellatio,
feller,
felling,
fellini,
felliniesque,
fellmonger,
felloe
Definition for feller (2 of 4)
feller
2
[ fel-er ]
/ ˈfɛl ər /
noun
Definition for feller (3 of 4)
Feller
[ fel-er ]
/ ˈfɛl ər /
noun
Robert William AndrewBobBullet Bob,1918–2010,
U.S. baseball player.
Definition for feller (4 of 4)
fell
3
[ fel ]
/ fɛl /
adjective
fierce; cruel; dreadful; savage.
destructive; deadly: fell poison; fell disease.
Origin of fell
3OTHER WORDS FROM fell
fell·ness, nounExample sentences from the Web for feller
British Dictionary definitions for feller (1 of 7)
feller
1
/ (ˈfɛlə) /
noun
a person or thing that fells
an attachment on a sewing machine for felling seams
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fell
1
/ (fɛl) /
verb (tr)
to cut or knock down
to fell a tree; to fell an opponent
needlework
to fold under and sew flat (the edges of a seam)
noun
US and Canadian
the timber felled in one season
a seam finished by felling
Derived forms of fell
fellable, adjectiveWord Origin for fell
Old English
fellan; related to Old Norse
fella, Old High German
fellen; see
fall
British Dictionary definitions for feller (4 of 7)
fell
2
/ (fɛl) /
adjective
archaic
cruel or fierce; terrible
archaic
destructive or deadly
a fell disease
one fell swoop
a single hasty action or occurrence
Derived forms of fell
fellness, nounWord Origin for fell
C13
fel, from Old French: cruel, from Medieval Latin
fellō villain; see
felon
1
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fell
4
/ (fɛl) /
noun
an animal skin or hide
Word Origin for fell
Old English; related to Old High German
fel skin, Old Norse
berfjall bearskin, Latin
pellis skin; see
peel
1
British Dictionary definitions for feller (7 of 7)
fell
5
/ (fɛl) /
noun
(often plural) Northern English and Scot
- a mountain, hill, or tract of upland moor
- (in combination)fell-walking
Word Origin for fell
C13: from Old Norse
fjall; related to Old High German
felis rock
Idioms and Phrases with feller
fell
see one fell swoop.