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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 man or boy

  2. an informal word for boyfriend

  3. informalone 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 )

      fellow students

      a fellow sufferer

  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

Fellow

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/ ˈɛəʊ /

noun

  1. a member of any of various learned societies

    Fellow of the British Academy

“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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51Թ 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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51Թ 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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