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feller

1

[ fel-er ]

noun

, Informal.


feller

2

[ fel-er ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that fells.
  2. Sewing. a person or thing that finishes a seam by felling.

Feller

3

[ fel-er ]

noun

  1. Robert William Andrew BobBullet Bob, 1918–2010, U.S. baseball player.

feller

1

/ ˈfɛlə /

noun

  1. See fellow
    a nonstandard variant of fellow


feller

2

/ ˈfɛlə /

noun

  1. a person or thing that fells
  2. an attachment on a sewing machine for felling seams

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Word History and Origins

Origin of feller1

First recorded in 1690–1700; originally dialect; by reduction of (ō) to (ə) and merger with words ending in -er

Origin of feller2

First recorded in 1350–1400, feller is from the Middle English word fellere. See fell 2, -er 1

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Example Sentences

It surely however gives a certain type of feller a thrill, dark and shameful though it may be.

Feller also represents victim No. 2, whose story was the subject of bombshell trial testimony.

“It was super fun,” says a slightly out-of-breath 10 year-old Samuel Feller after three laps on the track.

Vunce I seen a feller–I hat some snakes here in algohol–unt dat feller he trunk de algohol.

Thar was a young man named Jeames Hambrick along and another young feller, he got to fooling with his pistil, and he shot Jeames.

I bet a feller can skate in the streeton the sidewalkalmost anywhere this morning, declared Chet, with enthusiasm.

Let some feller come in here with a gen'ral store, sellin' for cash—and cuttin' prices, eh?

And, young feller, if things turns out for me like I think they will, you're goin' to quit bein' a lawyer one of these days.

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