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schoolfellow

[ skool-fel-oh ]

noun

  1. a schoolmate.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of schoolfellow1

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; school 1, fellow

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Example Sentences

Are you so fond of this schoolfellow, or do you find home dull?'

At the far end of the room, before a high desk, sate Frank's Eton schoolfellow, the eldest son.

We get our fun either by chatting gaily to each other, or by enjoying the society of a favorite schoolfellow.

He was greatly struck with the change in Venturita, the child he had seen skipping to school on the arm of a schoolfellow.

I found my old schoolfellow in bed in a room over an oil-shop in a back street at the foot of Highgate Hill.

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