fellow

[ fel-oh ]

/ ˈfɛl oʊ /

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noun

a man or boy: a fine old fellow; a nice little fellow.

Informal. beau; suitor: Mary had her fellow over to meet her folks.

Informal. person; one: They don't treat a fellow very well here.

a person of small worth or no esteem.

a companion; comrade; associate: They have been fellows since childhood.

a person belonging to the same rank or class; equal; peer: The doctor conferred with his fellows.

one of a pair; mate; match: a shoe without its fellow.

Education.

a graduate student of a university or college to whom an allowance is granted for special study.
British. an incorporated member of a college, entitled to certain privileges.
a member of the corporation or board of trustees of certain universities or colleges.

a member of any of certain learned societies: a fellow of the British Academy.

Obsolete. a partner.

verb (used with object)

to make or represent as equal with another.

Archaic. to produce a fellow to; match.

adjective

belonging to the same class or group; united by the same occupation, interests, etc.; being in the same condition: fellow students; fellow sufferers.

Origin of fellow

before 1050; Middle English felowe, felawe, late Old English fēolaga < Old Norse fēlagi partner in a joint undertaking, equivalent to fē money, property (cognate with Old English feoh, German Vieh) + -lagi bedfellow, comrade; akin to lair¹, lie²

Words nearby fellow

felling, fellini, felliniesque, fellmonger, felloe, fellow, fellow creature, fellow feeling, fellow servant, fellow traveler, fellow traveller

Example sentences from the Web for fellow

On Dec. 22, 1799, Sands told her cousins that she would be leaving to elope with a fellow boarder named Levi Weeks that night.

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He has even joked about how his fellow Republicans attack him.

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At least 29 fellow Republicans must vote against Boehner for a second ballot to be reached, and that seems very unlikely.

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Instead, I spend much of my time criticizing my fellow atheists.

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An atheist counsels his fellow non-believers on how not to talk to people of faith.

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He was a perfect mountain of a fellow, six and a half feet if he was an inch, with shoulders on him like a shorthorn bull.

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Indeed the words ‘confound the fellow’ were in the minds of the three men.

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So I thought and reasoned; and at last I determined not to go amongst my fellow men, whatever the result might be.

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I never before saw a fellow who could carry on so many things at the same time and make successes of them all.

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Tommy was not inclined to check his pace, but a revolver in the hands of the fellow induced him to do so.

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British Dictionary definitions for fellow (1 of 2)

fellow

/ (ˈfɛləʊ) /

noun

a man or boy

an informal word for boyfriend

informal one or oneself a fellow has to eat

a person considered to be of little importance or worth

(often plural) a companion; comrade; associate
(as modifier)fellow travellers

(at Oxford and Cambridge universities) a member of the governing body of a college, who is usually a member of the teaching staff

a member of the governing body or established teaching staff at any of various universities or colleges

a postgraduate student employed, esp for a fixed period, to undertake research and, often, to do some teaching

a person in the same group, class, or conditionthe surgeon asked his fellows
(as modifier)fellow students; a fellow sufferer

one of a pair; counterpart; mate looking for the glove's fellow

Word Origin for fellow

Old English fēolaga, from Old Norse fēlagi, one who lays down money, from fē money + lag a laying down

British Dictionary definitions for fellow (2 of 2)

Fellow

/ (ˈfɛləʊ) /

noun

a member of any of various learned societies Fellow of the British Academy

Idioms and Phrases with fellow

fellow

see regular guy (fellow); strange bedfellows.

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