fellow

[Fel·low]

Fellow is an old fashioned word for “guy.” If you’re wearing a top hat, you may address someone as “my good fellow.” It’s also a non stuffy word to describe people in the same situation, such as you and your fellow Vocabulary.com fans.

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A companion; a comrade; an associate; a partner; a sharer.

Noun
a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman; "if I''d known he was her boyfriend I wouldn''t have asked"

Noun
a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there''s a fellow at the door"; "he''s a likable cuss"

Noun
a person who is member of your class or profession; "the surgeon consulted his colleagues"; "he sent e-mail to his fellow hackers"

Noun
a person who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"

Noun
an informal form of address for a man; "Say, fellow, what are you doing?"; "Hey buster, what''s up?"

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n.
A companion; a comrade; an associate; a partner; a sharer.

n.
A man without good breeding or worth; an ignoble or mean man.

n.
An equal in power, rank, character, etc.

n.
One of a pair, or of two things used together or suited to each other; a mate; the male.

n.
A person; an individual.

n.
In the English universities, a scholar who is appointed to a foundation called a fellowship, which gives a title to certain perquisites and privileges.

n.
In an American college or university, a member of the corporation which manages its business interests; also, a graduate appointed to a fellowship, who receives the income of the foundation.

n.
A member of a literary or scientific society; as, a Fellow of the Royal Society.

v. t.
To suit with; to pair with; to match.


Fellow

Fel"low , n. [OE. felawe, felaghe, Icel. f'c7lagi, fr. f'c7lag companionship, prop., a laying together of property; f'c7 property + lag a laying, pl. l'94g law, akin to liggja to lie. See Fee, and Law, Lie to be low.] 1. A companion; a comrade; an associate; a partner; a sharer.
The fellows of his crime.
We are fellows still, Serving alike in sorrow.
That enormous engine was flanked by two fellows almost of equal magnitude.
&hand; Commonly used of men, but sometimes of women. Judges xi. 37. 2. A man without good breeding or worth; an ignoble or mean man.
Worth makes the man, and want of it, the fellow.
3. An equal in power, rank, character, etc.
It is impossible that ever Rome Should breed thy fellow.
4. One of a pair, or of two things used together or suited to each other; a mate; the male.
When they be but heifers of one year, . . . they are let go to the fellow and breed.
This was my glove; here is the fellow of it.
5. A person; an individual.
She seemed to be a good sort of fellow.
6. In the English universities, a scholar who is appointed to a foundation called a fellowship, which gives a title to certain perquisites and privileges. 7. In an American college or university, a member of the corporation which manages its business interests; also, a graduate appointed to a fellowship, who receives the income of the foundation. 8. A member of a literary or scientific society; as, a Fellow of the Royal Society. &hand; Fellow is often used in compound words, or adjectively, signifying associate, companion, or sometimes equal. Usually, such compounds or phrases are self-explanatory; as, fellow-citizen, or fellow citizen; fellow-student, or fellow student; fellow-workman, or fellow workman; fellow-mortal, or fellow mortal; fellow-sufferer; bedfellow; playfellow; workfellow.
Were the great duke himself here, and would lift up My head to fellow pomp amongst his nobles.

Fellow

Fel"low , v. t. To suit with; to pair with; to match. [Obs.] Shak.

A companion; a comrade; an associate; a partner; a sharer.

To suit with; to pair with; to match.

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Usage Examples

An inventor is simply a fellow who doesn't take his education too seriously.

A fellow oughtn't to let his family property go to pieces.

After a fellow gets famous it doesn't take long for someone to bob up that used to sit by him in school.

I love New York. I was sad, depressed and incredibly moved by our fellow countrymen and what they've done. I wanted to give people a chance to see something funny, have a distraction.

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.

A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling 'Stop!'

Good news doesn't necessarily have to be a positive thing. Bringing good news is imparting hope to one's fellow man.

Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall live.

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Other Usage Examples

I am deeply grateful to the citizens of Sarajevo and the Sarajevo Canton assembly for bestowing upon me this incredible honor of citizenship. I am so proud to now be a part of such an extraordinary part of the world and fellow citizen to the people I deeply love and admire.

A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help.

An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men.

I have resolved on an enterprise that has no precedent and will have no imitator. I want to set before my fellow human beings a man in every way true to nature and that man will be myself.

A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.

At sea a fellow comes out. Salt water is like wine, in that respect.

I must admit that I personally measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her or his fellow human beings.

I had a 2-week courtship with a fellow student in the fiction workshop in Iowa and a 5-minute wedding in a lawyer's office above the coffee shop where we'd been having lunch that day. And so I sent a cable to my father saying, 'By the time you get this, Daddy, I'll already be Mrs. Blaise!'

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