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Fellow

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Noun

1. blighter, bloke, chap, cuss, fella, feller, fellow, gent, lad

a boy or man

Example Sentences:
'that chap is your host'
'there's a fellow at the door'
'he's a likable cuss'
'he's a good bloke'

2. associate, companion, comrade, familiar, fellow

a friend who is frequently in the company of another

Example Sentences:
'drinking companions'
'comrades in arms'

3. colleague, confrere, fellow

a person who is member of one's class or profession

Example Sentences:
'the surgeon consulted his colleagues'
'he sent e-mail to his fellow hackers'

4. fellow, mate

one of a pair

Example Sentences:
'he lost the mate to his shoe'
'one eye was blue but its fellow was brown'

5. fellow

a member of a learned society

Example Sentences:
'he was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association'

6. buster, dude, fellow

an informal form of address for a man

Example Sentences:
'Say, fellow, what are you doing?'
'Hey buster, what's up?'

7. beau, boyfriend, fellow, swain, young man

a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman

Example Sentences:
'if I'd known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Fellow

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noun
1. 
a man or boy
2.  an informal word for boyfriend
3. informal
one or oneself
a fellow has to eat
4. 
a person considered to be of little importance or worth
5. 
a. (often plural)
a companion; comrade; associate
b. 
(as modifier)
fellow travellers
6. 
(at Oxford and Cambridge universities) a member of the governing body of a college, who is usually a member of the teaching staff
7. 
a member of the governing body or established teaching staff at any of various universities or colleges
8. 
a postgraduate student employed, esp for a fixed period, to undertake research and, often, to do some teaching
9. 
a. 
a person in the same group, class, or condition
the surgeon asked his fellows
b. 
(as modifier)
fellow students
a fellow sufferer
10. 
one of a pair; counterpart; mate
looking for the glove's fellow
noun
a member of any of various learned societies
Fellow of the British Academy

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Fellow

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noun
1.  Obsolete
a person who shares; partner or accomplice
2. 
a companion; associate
3. 
a person of the same class or rank; equal; peer
4. 
either of a pair of corresponding things; mate
5. 
a graduate student who holds a fellowship in a university or college
6. 
a member of a learned society
7. 
at some British and U.S. universities,
a. 
a faculty member who is a member of the governing body
b. 
a scholar, journalist, etc. who is appointed on a fellowship for a given period of research, teaching, or both
8.  Obsolete
a. 
a person of a lower social class
b. 
a coarse, rough man
9.  Informal
a. 
a man or boy
often in familiar address
b. 
a person; one
a fellow must eat
10.  Informal
a suitor; beau
adjective
11. 
having the same ideas, position, work, etc.
12. 
in the same condition; associated
fellow workers

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Fellow

see synonyms of fellow
n.
1.
a. A man or boy.
b. Informal A boyfriend.
2. A comrade or associate.
3.
a. A person of equal rank, position, or background; a peer.
b. One of a pair; a mate: found the lost shoe and its fellow.
4. A member of a learned society or professional organization.
5.
a. A graduate student appointed to a position granting financial aid and providing for further study.
b. A physician who enters a training program in a medical specialty after completing residency, usually in a hospital or academic setting.
6. Chiefly British
a. An incorporated senior member of certain colleges and universities.
b. A member of the governing body of certain colleges and universities.
7. Archaic A man or boy held in low regard.
adj.
Being of the same kind, group, occupation, society, or locality; having in common certain characteristics or interests: fellow workers.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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