Fellow

/ˈfɛləʊ/ · noun

Meaning

(chiefly in the plural, also figuratively) A companion; a comrade..

Definitions by Sense

1. (chiefly in the plural, also figuratively) A companion; a comrade.
2. (chiefly in the plural) An animal which is a member of a breed or species, or a flock, herd, etc.
3. (chiefly in the plural) An object which is associated with another object; especially, as part of a set.
4. (also attributively) A person or thing comparable in characteristics with another person or thing; especially, as belonging to the same class or group.
5. A person or thing comparable in characteristics with another person or thing; especially, as belonging to the same class or group.
6. Often in the form Fellow: academic senses.
7. (informal) A male person; a bloke, a chap, a guy, a man; also, preceded by a modifying word, sometimes with a sense of mild reproach: used as a familiar term of address to a man.
8. Usually qualified by an adjective or used in the plural: an individual or person regardless of gender.

Example Sentences

But now vnderſtand you, that the kingdome of God is communicated vntoo you by our Lord Jeſus Chriſt, bycauſe he hath purchaced it for you, and made you his brethren and fellowes.

[W]e are Fellovves ſtill, / Seruing alike in ſorrovv: […]

Rich-men adore their Gold: whoſo aſpires / To lift to Heav'n his ſight and Soules Deſires, / He muſt be Poor (at leaſt-vviſe like the Poor). / Riches and Fear are fellovvs euer-more.

And ſhe ſaid vnto her father [Jephthah], Let this thing be done for me: Let me alone two moneths, that I may goe vp and downe vpon the mountaines, and bewaile my virginitie, I, and my fellowes.

The kings daughter is all glorious vvithin: her clothing is of vvrought gold. She ſhall be brought unto the king in raiment of needle-vvork: the virgins that be her fellovvs ſhall bear her company, and ſhall be brought unto thee.

[T]he Natives quarrelling vvith their Men, upon ſome Rudeneſs offer'd to their VVomen; and they being ſeparated from their Fellovvs, vvere oblig'd to fly, […]

[T]his dead fellow had been misused by Rothsay and his fellows, who were in the street in mask and revel, stopping men and women, compelling them to dance, or to drink huge quantities of wine, with other follies needless to recount; […]

One rioter was seized, and ordered by the privy council to be whipped. His fellows rescued him and beat the hangman.

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• fellows
• fellowing
• fellowed

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