fellow
Forms
- Plural
- fellows
Definitions
1.A companion; a comrade.
- One rioter was seized, and ordered by the privy council to be whipped. His fellows rescued him and beat the hangman.
2.An animal which is a member of a breed or species, or a flock, herd, etc.
3.An object which is associated with another object; especially, as part of a set.
4.One comparable in characteristics with another; especially, as belonging to the same class or group.
- Rebecca and her fellow workers are to go on strike.
- For danger levels man and brute, / And all are fellows in their need.
- Macb[eth]. 'Tvvas a rough Night. / Len[n]ox. My young remembrance cannot paralell / A fellovv to it.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2396
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle English felawe, felage (“companion, good friend”) from Old English fēolaga, from Old Norse félagi, derived from félag (“joint venture; partnership”, literally “a laying together of property”), from fé (“livestock, property; money”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“livestock; wealth”)) + lag (“something laid down; right position; arrangement; companionship, fellowship; partnership”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie down”)).