'Fellow' definitions:

Definition of 'fellow'

From: WordNet
noun
A boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at the door"; "he's a likable cuss"; "he's a good bloke" [syn: chap, fellow, feller, fella, lad, gent, blighter, cuss, bloke]
noun
A friend who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms" [syn: companion, comrade, fellow, familiar, associate]
noun
A person who is member of one's class or profession; "the surgeon consulted his colleagues"; "he sent e-mail to his fellow hackers" [syn: colleague, confrere, fellow]
noun
One of a pair; "he lost the mate to his shoe"; "one eye was blue but its fellow was brown" [syn: mate, fellow]
noun
A member of a learned society; "he was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association"
noun
An informal form of address for a man; "Say, fellow, what are you doing?"; "Hey buster, what's up?" [syn: fellow, dude, buster]
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" [syn: boyfriend, fellow, beau, swain, young man]

Definition of 'Fellow'

From: GCIDE
  • Fellow \Fel"low\, n. [OE. felawe, felaghe, Icel. f[=e]lagi, fr. f[=e]lag companionship, prop., a laying together of property; f[=e] property + lag a laying, pl. l["o]g 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. [1913 Webster]
  • The fellows of his crime. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • We are fellows still, Serving alike in sorrow. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • That enormous engine was flanked by two fellows almost of equal magnitude. --Gibbon. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Commonly used of men, but sometimes of women. --Judges xi. 37. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A man without good breeding or worth; an ignoble or mean man. [1913 Webster]
  • Worth makes the man, and want of it, the fellow. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. An equal in power, rank, character, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • It is impossible that ever Rome Should breed thy fellow. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. One of a pair, or of two things used together or suited to each other; a mate; the male. [1913 Webster]
  • When they be but heifers of one year, . . . they are let go to the fellow and breed. --Holland. [1913 Webster]
  • This was my glove; here is the fellow of it. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. A person; an individual. [1913 Webster]
  • She seemed to be a good sort of fellow. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. A member of a literary or scientific society; as, a Fellow of the Royal Society. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Were the great duke himself here, and would lift up My head to fellow pomp amongst his nobles. --Ford. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Fellow'

From: GCIDE
  • Fellow \Fel"low\, v. t. To suit with; to pair with; to match. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'fellow'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Fellow'