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   fellow

   /ˈfɛləʊ/

   noun

   • 1. a man or boy: informal "he was an extremely obliging fellow" Similar manboypersonindividualsoulinformal:guyladfellacodgersortcharactercustomerdevilbunnybastardchapblokegentgeezerbodpunterbodachdudehombrediggerouokeadmiinformal, dated:bodydogcovearchaic:carl
   • 2. a person in the same position, involved in the same activity, or otherwise associated with another: "he was learning with a rapidity unique among his fellows" Similar companionfriendcronycomradepartnerassociateco-workercolleagueinformal:chumpalbuddymateoppobruvverbruvpeerequalcontemporarybrotherconfrèrearchaic:compeerrare:coevalcoequal
   • ▪ a thing of the same kind as or otherwise associated with another: "the page has been torn away from its fellows" Similar counterpartmatepartnermatchtwinbrotherdoublecopyduplicate
   • 3. a member of a learned society: "a fellow of the Geological Society"
   • ▪ an incorporated senior member of a college: British "a tutorial fellow"
   • ▪ an elected graduate receiving a stipend for a period of research.
   • ▪ a member of the governing body in some universities.

   adjective

   • 1. sharing a particular activity, quality, or condition with someone or something: "they urged the troops not to fire on their fellow citizens"

   Word Origin late Old Englishfēolaga ‘a partner or colleague’ (literally ‘one who lays down money in a joint enterprise’), from Old Norse félagi, from fé ‘cattle, property, money’ + the Germanic base of lay1.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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