[fel-oh] 
| 1. | a man or boy: a fine old fellow; a nice little fellow. |
| 2. | Informal. beau; suitor: Mary had her fellow over to meet her folks. |
| 3. | Informal. person; one: They don't treat a fellow very well here. |
| 4. | a person of small worth or no esteem. |
| 5. | a companion; comrade; associate: They have been fellows since childhood. |
| 6. | a person belonging to the same rank or class; equal; peer: The doctor conferred with his fellows. |
| 7. | one of a pair; mate; match: a shoe without its fellow. |
| 8. | Education.
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| 9. | a member of any of certain learned societies: a fellow of the British Academy. |
| 10. | Obsolete. a partner. |
| 11. | to make or represent as equal with another. |
| 12. | Archaic. to produce a fellow to; match. |
| 13. | belonging to the same class or group; united by the same occupation, interests, etc.; being in the same condition: fellow students; fellow sufferers. |
| fel·low (fěl'ō) n.
[Middle English felau, from Old English fēolaga, from Old Norse fēlagi, business partner, fellow, from fēlag, partnership : fē, property, money; see peku- in Indo-European roots + lag, a laying down; see legh- in Indo-European roots.] Word History: A jolly good fellow might or might not be the ideal business associate, but the ancestor of our word fellow definitely referred to a business partner. Fellow was borrowed into English from Old Norse fēlagi, meaning "a partner or shareholder of any kind." Old Norse fēlagi is derived from fēlag, "partnership," a compound made up of fē, "livestock, property, money," and lag, "a laying in order" and "fellowship." The notion of putting one's property together lies behind the senses of fēlagi meaning "partner" and "consort." In Old Icelandic fēlagi also had the general sense "fellow, mate, comrade," which fellow has as well, indicating perhaps that most partnerships turned out all right for speakers of Old Icelandic. |
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