fellow

Plural: fellows

Noun

• a boy or man
  • "there's a fellow at the door"
• a friend who is frequently in the company of another
• a person who is member of one's class or profession
  • "he sent e-mail to his fellow hackers"
• one of a pair
  • "one eye was blue but its fellow was brown"
• a member of a learned society
  • "he was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association"
• an informal form of address for a man
  • "Say, fellow, what are you doing?"
• a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman
• A companion; a comrade.
• An animal which is a member of a breed or species, or a flock, herd, etc.
• An object which is associated with another object; especially, as part of a set.
• A person or thing comparable in characteristics with another person or thing; especially, as belonging to the same class or group.
• A person or thing comparable in characteristics with another person or thing; especially, as belonging to the same class or group.
• A person with abilities, achievements, skills, etc., equal to those of another person; a thing with characteristics, worth, etc., equal to those of another thing.
• A person or thing comparable in characteristics with another person or thing; especially, as belonging to the same class or group.
• One in the same condition, or situation of need, as another.
• A person or thing comparable in characteristics with another person or thing; especially, as belonging to the same class or group.
• An equal in character, power, rank, etc.; a peer.
• A person or thing comparable in characteristics with another person or thing; especially, as belonging to the same class or group.
• A person living at the same time, or about the same age as another, especially when in the same field of study or work.
• Often in the form Fellow: academic senses.
• Originally, one of a group of academics who make up a college or similar educational institution; now, a senior member of a college or similar educational institution involved in teaching, research, and management of the institution.
• Often in the form Fellow: academic senses.
• An honorary title bestowed by a college or university upon a distinguished person (often an alumna or alumnus).
• Often in the form Fellow: academic senses.
• A (senior) member of a learned or professional society.
• Often in the form Fellow: academic senses.
• A (senior) member of a learned or professional society.
• A senior member of an Inn of Court.
• Often in the form Fellow: academic senses.
• A scholar appointed to a fellowship, that is, a paid academic position held for a certain period which usually requires the scholar to conduct research.
• Often in the form Fellow: academic senses.
• A physician undergoing a fellowship (supervised subspecialty medical training) after having completed a residency (specialty training program).
• Often in the form Fellow: academic senses.
• A member of a college or university who manages its business interests.
• Often in the form Fellow: academic senses.
• A senior researcher or technician in a corporation, especially one engaged in research and development.
• 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.
• Usually qualified by an adjective or used in the plural: an individual or person regardless of gender.
• An animal or object.
• One of a pair of things suited to each other or used together; a counterpart, a mate.
• One of a pair of things suited to each other or used together; a counterpart, a mate.
• Originally (obsolete), a person's partner (of either sex) in life or marriage; a spouse; also, the mate of an animal; now (dated), a person's male lover or partner; a boyfriend; a husband.
• Alternative form of fella (“used as a general intensifier”)
• A colleague or partner.
• A colleague or partner.
• An associate in the commission of a crime or other wrongful act; an accomplice.
• A close companion or friend; also, a companion or friend whom one eats or drinks with.
• Followed by of: one who participates in an activity; a participant.
• A man without good breeding or of lower social status; a common or ignoble man; also, used as a polite term of address to such a person.
• A person's servant or slave.
• A worthless person; a churl, a knave; also, used as a term of address to a person regarded as such.
• Synonym of schoolmate (“a student at the same school”).
• A black man.

Verb

Verb Forms: fellowed, fellowing, fellows

• To produce an equal to; to match.
• To address (someone) as "fellow", especially in an insulting manner (see noun sense 10.6).
• To equal (someone or something); also, to cause or find someone or something to be equal to (some other person or thing).
• To pair or suit (someone or something) with some other person or thing; also, to pair or suit someone or something with (some other person or thing); to arrange (things) in pairs.
• Followed by to or with: to associate or join (oneself, someone, or something) with some other person or thing in companionship or a partnership.
• Followed by to or with: to cause or portray (someone or something) to be equal to some other person or thing.
• To associate or go together with (someone or something); to become a partner of (someone or something).
• Followed by with: to associate or join with a person or thing in companionship or a partnership.

Examples

• a Fellow of the Royal Society
• It was hard to fellow his impressive bingo, but she tried her best.
• my dear fellow    old fellow
• my fellow Americans
• Rebecca and her fellow workers are to go on strike.
• to be without fellow    to have no fellows

Synonyms

associate, beau, blighter, bloke, boyfriend, buster, chap, colleague, companion, comrade, confrere, cuss, dude, familiar, fella, feller, gent, lad, mate, swain, young man, adjunct, boy, bro, broski, bruh, business partner, cat, chappy, chield, co-worker, cohort, colaborer, colabourer, collaborator, compeer, consociate, cove, covey, coworker, dawg, dog [⇒ thesaurus] (slang), fellow, gadgie, gate, geezer, gink, gloak, gome, guy, health, homeboy, homey, joe, lede, nigga, ninja, omi, pillicock, punk, rooster, schoolmate, seg, shalk, wallah, wer, were, workfellow, workmate, wye

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