n.1 colloq. a man or boy (poor fellow!; my dear fellow).
2 derog. a person regarded with contempt.
3 (usu. in pl.) a person associated with another; a comrade (were separated from their fellows).
4 a counterpart or match; the other of a pair.
5 an equal; one of the same class.
6 a contemporary.
7 a an incorporated senior member of a college. b an elected graduate receiving a stipend for a period of research. c a member of the governing body in some universities.
8 a member of a learned society.
9 (attrib.) belonging to the same class or activity (fellow soldier; fellow-countryman).
Phrases and idioms:
fellow-feeling sympathy from common experience. fellow-traveller
1. a person who travels with another.
2 a sympathizer with, or a secret member of, the Communist Party.
Etymology: OE feolaga f. ON f{eacute}lagi f. f{eacute} cattle, property, money: see LAY(1)