Definitions for fellow
ˈfɛl oʊfel·low

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. chap, fellow, feller, fella, lad, gent, blighter, cuss, blokenoun

   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. companion, comrade, fellow, familiar, associatenoun

   a friend who is frequently in the company of another

   "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"

3. colleague, confrere, fellownoun

   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. mate, fellownoun

   one of a pair

   "he lost the mate to his shoe"; "one eye was blue but its fellow was brown"

5. fellownoun

   a member of a learned society

   "he was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association"

6. fellow, dude, busternoun

   an informal form of address for a man

   "Say, fellow, what are you doing?"; "Hey buster, what's up?"

7. boyfriend, fellow, beau, swain, young mannoun

   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"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. fellownoun

   A colleague or partner.

   Etymology: fēlagi, from the Germanic bases of two words represented in English by fee and lay.

2. fellownoun

   A companion; a comrade.

   Etymology: fēlagi, from the Germanic bases of two words represented in English by fee and lay.

3. fellownoun

   A man without good breeding or worth; an ignoble or mean man.

   Etymology: fēlagi, from the Germanic bases of two words represented in English by fee and lay.

4. fellownoun

   An equal in power, rank, character, etc.

   Etymology: fēlagi, from the Germanic bases of two words represented in English by fee and lay.

5. fellownoun

   One of a pair, or of two things used together or suited to each other; a mate.

   Etymology: fēlagi, from the Germanic bases of two words represented in English by fee and lay.

6. fellownoun

   A male person; a man.

   Etymology: fēlagi, from the Germanic bases of two words represented in English by fee and lay.

7. fellownoun

   In the English universities, a scholar who is appointed to a foundation called a fellowship, which gives a title to certain perquisites and privileges.

   Etymology: fēlagi, from the Germanic bases of two words represented in English by fee and lay.

8. fellownoun

   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.

   Etymology: fēlagi, from the Germanic bases of two words represented in English by fee and lay.

9. fellownoun

   A member of a literary or scientific society; as, a Fellow of the Royal Society.

   Etymology: fēlagi, from the Germanic bases of two words represented in English by fee and lay.

10. fellowverb

    To suit with; to pair with; to match.

    Etymology: fēlagi, from the Germanic bases of two words represented in English by fee and lay.

11. fellownoun

    The most senior rank or title one can achieve on a technical career in certain companies (though some fellows also hold business titles such as vice president or chief technology officer). This is typically found in large corporations in research and development-intensive industries (IBM or Sun Microsystems in information technology, and Boston Scientific in Medical Devices for example). They appoint a small number of senior scientists and engineers as Fellows.

    Etymology: fēlagi, from the Germanic bases of two words represented in English by fee and lay.

12. fellownoun

    In the US and Canada, a physician who is undergoing a supervised, sub-specialty medical training (fellowship) after completing a specialty training program (residency).

    Etymology: fēlagi, from the Germanic bases of two words represented in English by fee and lay.

13. fellowadjective

    Having common characteristics; being of the same kind, or in the same group

    Etymology: fēlagi, from the Germanic bases of two words represented in English by fee and lay.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Fellownoun

   a companion; a comrade; an associate; a partner; a sharer

   Etymology: [OE. felawe, felaghe, Icel. flagi, fr. flag companionship, prop., a laying together of property; f property + lag a laying, pl. lg law, akin to liggja to lie. See Fee, and Law, Lie to be low.]

2. Fellownoun

   a man without good breeding or worth; an ignoble or mean man

   Etymology: [OE. felawe, felaghe, Icel. flagi, fr. flag companionship, prop., a laying together of property; f property + lag a laying, pl. lg law, akin to liggja to lie. See Fee, and Law, Lie to be low.]

3. Fellownoun

   an equal in power, rank, character, etc

   Etymology: [OE. felawe, felaghe, Icel. flagi, fr. flag companionship, prop., a laying together of property; f property + lag a laying, pl. lg law, akin to liggja to lie. See Fee, and Law, Lie to be low.]

4. Fellownoun

   one of a pair, or of two things used together or suited to each other; a mate; the male

   Etymology: [OE. felawe, felaghe, Icel. flagi, fr. flag companionship, prop., a laying together of property; f property + lag a laying, pl. lg law, akin to liggja to lie. See Fee, and Law, Lie to be low.]

5. Fellownoun

   a person; an individual

   Etymology: [OE. felawe, felaghe, Icel. flagi, fr. flag companionship, prop., a laying together of property; f property + lag a laying, pl. lg law, akin to liggja to lie. See Fee, and Law, Lie to be low.]

6. Fellownoun

   in the English universities, a scholar who is appointed to a foundation called a fellowship, which gives a title to certain perquisites and privileges

   Etymology: [OE. felawe, felaghe, Icel. flagi, fr. flag companionship, prop., a laying together of property; f property + lag a laying, pl. lg law, akin to liggja to lie. See Fee, and Law, Lie to be low.]

7. Fellownoun

   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

   Etymology: [OE. felawe, felaghe, Icel. flagi, fr. flag companionship, prop., a laying together of property; f property + lag a laying, pl. lg law, akin to liggja to lie. See Fee, and Law, Lie to be low.]

8. Fellownoun

   a member of a literary or scientific society; as, a Fellow of the Royal Society

   Etymology: [OE. felawe, felaghe, Icel. flagi, fr. flag companionship, prop., a laying together of property; f property + lag a laying, pl. lg law, akin to liggja to lie. See Fee, and Law, Lie to be low.]

9. Fellowverb

   to suit with; to pair with; to match

   Etymology: [OE. felawe, felaghe, Icel. flagi, fr. flag companionship, prop., a laying together of property; f property + lag a laying, pl. lg law, akin to liggja to lie. See Fee, and Law, Lie to be low.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Fellow

   In academia, a fellow is a member of a group of learned people who work together as peers in the pursuit of mutual knowledge or practice. The fellows may include visiting professors, postdoctoral researchers and doctoral researchers.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Fellow

   fel′ō, n. an associate: a companion and equal: one of a pair, a mate: a member of a university who enjoys a fellowship: a member of a scientific or other society: an individual, a person generally: a worthless person.—ns. Fell′ow-cit′izen, one belonging to the same city; Fell′ow-comm′oner, at Cambridge and elsewhere, a privileged class of undergraduates, dining at the Fellows' table; Fell′ow-crea′ture, one of the same race; Fell′ow-feel′ing, feeling between fellows or equals: sympathy; Fell′ow-heir, a joint-heir.—adv. Fell′owly (Shak.), companionable.—ns. Fell′ow-man, a man of the same common nature with one's self; Fell′ow-serv′ant, one who has the same master; Fell′owship, the state of being a fellow or partner: friendly intercourse: communion: an association: an endowment in a college for the support of graduates called Fellows: the position and income of a fellow: (arith.) the proportional division of profit and loss among partners.—Good fellowship, companionableness; Right hand of fellowship, the right hand given by one minister or elder to another at an ordination in some churches. [M. E. felawe—Ice. félagi, a partner in goods, from fé (Ger. vieh), cattle, property, and lag, a laying together, a law. Cf. Eng. Fee, and Law.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. fellow

   A sailor's soubriquet for himself; he will ask if you "have anything for a fellow to do?"

Matched Categories

1. • Friend
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   • Man
   • Member
   • Singleton

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'fellow' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3651

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'fellow' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3215

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'fellow' in Nouns Frequency: #1542

4. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'fellow' in Adjectives Frequency: #494

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fellow in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fellow in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of fellow in a Sentence

1. Erich Hackney:

   This fellow had flown under the radar all these years by staying out of trouble, i guess you really never know who you might be living beside.

2. Jay Carney:

   This is our first and primary concern, which is making sure Amazon employees — 500,000-plus in the United States — are protected as they can be as they go about doing this heroic work for their fellow citizens.

3. John F Kennedy:

   And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.

4. Donald Trump:

   I am even more convinced that the FBI did exactly what my fellow citizens would want them to do when they got the information they got.

5. Sarah Palin:

   My son, like so many others, they come back a bit different. They come back hardened, they come back wondering if there is that respect for what it is that their fellow soldiers and airmen and every other member of the military have sacrificially given to this country and that starts at the top.

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