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fellow

[ fel-oh ]

noun

  1. a man or boy:

    a fine old fellow; a nice little fellow.

  2. Informal. beau; suitor:

    Mary had her fellow over to meet her folks.

  3. Informal. person; one:

    They don't treat a fellow very well here.

  4. a person of small worth or no esteem.
  5. a companion; comrade; associate:

    They have been fellows since childhood.

  6. a person belonging to the same rank or class; equal; peer:

    The doctor conferred with his fellows.

  7. one of a pair; mate; match:

    a shoe without its fellow.

  8. Education.
    1. a graduate student of a university or college to whom an allowance is granted for special study.
    2. British. an incorporated member of a college, entitled to certain privileges.
    3. a member of the corporation or board of trustees of certain universities or colleges.
  9. a member of any of certain learned societies:

    a fellow of the British Academy.

  10. Obsolete. a partner.


verb (used with object)

  1. to make or represent as equal with another.
  2. Archaic. to produce a fellow to; match.

adjective

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

    fellow students; fellow sufferers.

Fellow

1

/ ˈɛəʊ /

noun

  1. a member of any of various learned societies

    Fellow of the British Academy

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fellow

2

/ ˈɛəʊ /

noun

  1. a man or boy
  2. an informal word for boyfriend
  3. informal.
    one or oneself

    a fellow has to eat

  4. a person considered to be of little importance or worth
    1. often plural a companion; comrade; associate
    2. ( as modifier )

      fellow travellers

  5. (at Oxford and Cambridge universities) a member of the governing body of a college, who is usually a member of the teaching staff
  6. a member of the governing body or established teaching staff at any of various universities or colleges
  7. a postgraduate student employed, esp for a fixed period, to undertake research and, often, to do some teaching
    1. a person in the same group, class, or condition

      the surgeon asked his fellows

    2. ( as modifier )

      a fellow sufferer

      fellow students

  8. one of a pair; counterpart; mate

    looking for the glove's fellow

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fellow1

before 1050; Middle English felowe, felawe, late Old English ŧDZ < Old Norse ŧ partner in a joint undertaking, equivalent to ŧ money, property (cognate with Old English feoh, German Vieh ) + -lagi bedfellow, comrade; akin to lair 1, lie 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fellow1

Old English ŧDZ , from Old Norse ŧ , one who lays down money, from ŧ money + lag a laying down
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Idioms and Phrases

see regular guy (fellow) ; strange bedfellows .
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Example Sentences

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Notwithstanding Republicans’ protestations of reverence for Medicaid, the truth is that they and their fellow conservatives have had their knives out for the program virtually since its inception in 1965.

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Michael Sozan, a senior fellow at the liberal Center for American Progress, recently co-authored a lengthy report accusing Trump of “smashing constitutional and legal guardrails to build an authoritarian presidency.”

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Last April, during an interview, external for her upcoming film The Idea of You she is seen alongside co-star and fellow Arsenal fan Nicholas Galitzine watching and celebrating a goal.

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Sade reveals the utopia she and her girlfriend, along with other fellow inmates, have been imagining, a collective portrait of a peaceful haven for “free formerly incarcerated Black girls.”

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“He’s making these very powerful companies jump,” said Gigi Sohn, a former FCC lawyer and senior fellow at the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society.

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