Definitions of fellow [ˈfɛl oʊ]

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Definition of 'fellow'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) fellow
a man or boy.

2.  fellow
a companion; comrade; associate.

3.  fellow
a person belonging to the same rank or class; equal; peer.

4.  fellow
one of a pair; mate; match:
a shoe without its fellow.

5.  fellow
a graduate student of a university or college to whom an allowance is granted for special study.

6.  fellow
a member of the corporation or board of trustees of certain universities or colleges.

7.  fellow
a member of any of certain learned societies:
a fellow of the British Academy.

8.  fellow
Obs. a person of a low social class.

9. (adj.) fellow
belonging to the same class or group; united by the same occupation, interests, circumstances, etc.:
fellow students.

Etymology: (bef. 1050; ME felowe, felawe, late OE fēolaga < ON fēlagi partner =fē money, property + -lagi bedfellow, comrade)

Definition of 'fellow'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) chap, fellow, feller, fella, lad, gent, blighter, cuss, bloke
a boy or man
"that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at the door"; "he's a likable cuss"; "he's a good bloke"

2. (noun) companion, comrade, fellow, familiar, associate
a friend who is frequently in the company of another
"drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"

3. (noun) colleague, confrere, fellow
a person who is member of one's class or profession
"the surgeon consulted his colleagues"; "he sent e-mail to his fellow hackers"

4. (noun) mate, fellow
one of a pair
"he lost the mate to his shoe"; "one eye was blue but its fellow was brown"

5. (noun) fellow
a member of a learned society
"he was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association"

6. (noun) fellow, dude, buster
an informal form of address for a man
"Say, fellow, what are you doing?"; "Hey buster, what's up?"

7. (noun) boyfriend, fellow, beau, swain, young man
a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman
"if I'd known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked"

Definition of 'fellow'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) fellow
indicates that sb is like you
He began the speech, "My fellow Americans..."

Definition of 'fellow'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) fellow
a companion; a comrade; an associate; a partner; a sharer

2. (noun) fellow
a man without good breeding or worth; an ignoble or mean man

3. (noun) fellow
an equal in power, rank, character, etc

4. (noun) fellow
one of a pair, or of two things used together or suited to each other; a mate; the male

5. (noun) fellow
a person; an individual

6. (noun) fellow
in the English universities, a scholar who is appointed to a foundation called a fellowship, which gives a title to certain perquisites and privileges

7. (noun) fellow
in an American college or university, a member of the corporation which manages its business interests; also, a graduate appointed to a fellowship, who receives the income of the foundation

8. (noun) fellow
a member of a literary or scientific society; as, a Fellow of the Royal Society

9. (verb) fellow
to suit with; to pair with; to match

Translation of 'fellow'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a man He's quite a nice fellow but I don't like him.
Afrikaans: kêrel, ou, vent	Arabic: إنْسان، شَخْص	Bulgarian: човек
Brazilian: pessoa	Czech: člověk, chlapík	German: der Kerl
Danish: fyr	Greek: άνθρωπος, τύπος	Spanish: tipo
Estonian: mees, sell	Farsi: آدم	Finnish: mies
French: homme	Hebrew: בָּחוּר	Hindi: व्यक्ति
Croatian: čovjek	Hungarian: ember, fickó	Indonesian: orang
Icelandic: náungi	Italian: uomo, tipo	Japanese: やつ
Korean: 남자, 녀석	Lithuanian: vyrukas, vaikinas	Latvian: cilvēks; puisis; tips
Malay: orang	Dutch: kerel	Norwegian: fyr, kar
Polish: człowiek, facet	Persian: آدم	Pashto: سړی
Portuguese: tipo	Romanian: tip	Russian: парень
Slovak: človek	Slovenian: dečko	Serbian: momak
Swedish: karl, kille	Thai: ผู้ชาย	Turkish: adam, herif
Taiwanese: 人	Ukrainian: парубок, хлопець	Urdu: کوئی شخص
Vietnamese: ông bạn; thằng cha; gã; c	Chinese: 人
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