I. ˈfe(ˌ)lō, -_lə, often -_ləw+V noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English felawe, from Old English fēolaga, from Old Norse fēlagi, from fē cattle, sheep, money + -lagi (akin to Old Norse leggja to lay) — more at fee , lay
1.
a. obsolete : one associated with another as a sharer : partner
b. : companion , comrade , associate — used chiefly of men
c. archaic : accomplice , henchman
2.
a. : an equal in rank, power, or character : peer
more like a fellow than a subject
the final line of seventeen syllables has no fellow — H.O.Taylor
b. : one of a pair: as
(1) obsolete : spouse
(2) : something that matches or resembles another
the vase is the exact fellow to one on the shelf
3. : a member of a company or group having common characteristics or common interests: as
a. : a creature of the same kind : one of a usually relatively homogeneous group
all men are fellows in their need of food, clothing, and companionship
b. : contemporary
didn't like the company of his fellows but preferred to associate by way of reading and study with ancient Romans
c. sometimes capitalized : a member of an incorporated literary, scientific, and often professional society
a fellow of several scholarly associations
a fellow of the American College of Surgeons
a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
often : such a member given a rank usually of distinction with the title Fellow
d. fellows plural : a social group of usually youngsters or teen-agers or the male members of such group
4.
a. obsolete : a person of one of the lower social orders — used as a customary form of address to servants or those of lower social rank
b. archaic : a worthless or contemptible person
c. : man
saw three strange fellows standing in a doorway
— often used in phrases of familiar address
no trouble at all, my dear fellow
I say, old fellow , could you give me a lift home
d. : thing , creature — used of children or animals
the poor little fellow had fallen off his tricycle
I fired twice but the big fellow got away and we lost his trail
e. : one
the queer way you look at a fellow you'd think I'd committed a crime
5.
a. : an incorporated member of a college or collegiate foundation especially in a British university
b. : a member of the corporation or governing body in one of certain colleges or universities
c. : a scholar of some note who is appointed by a British university to reside and work in one of its colleges
6. : a person appointed to one of a number of positions granting a stipend and allowing for advanced study: as
a. : a graduate student in an American university who is granted money to continue research usually in preparation for an advanced degree and often with certain teaching duties
b. : a young physician who has completed training as intern and resident and has been granted a stipend and position allowing him to do further study and research in a specialty
c. : one who has been granted money to do research by a foundation
II. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English felawen to join in partnership, from felawe, n. — more at fellow I
archaic : to produce or find an equal to : match
III. adjective
Etymology: fellow (I)
1.
a. : belonging to the same group or class as oneself or as another — used only in attributive position
a fellow creature
a fellow lodge member
a fellow trainee
a fellow disciple
a fellow pupil
a fellow employee
b. : having or sharing the same occupation or avocation
a fellow musician
a fellow plumber
a fellow golfer
c. : experiencing or suffering the same fate (as misfortune)
a fellow paraplegic
a fellow prisoner
a fellow exile
d. : having the same weaknesses or strengths
a fellow mortal
a fellow sinner
a fellow saint
e. : subject to the same government or political or civil obligations or having the same allegiance
a fellow citizen
a fellow American
2. : accompanying one : accompanying another
a fellow voyager
3. : sympathetic as if one were of the same group as another or in the same circumstance
the Indian's fellow feeling for wild things — American Guide Series: Tennessee