(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
You use ~ to describe people who are in the same situation as you, or people you feel you have something in common with.
She discovered to her pleasure, a talent for making her ~ guests laugh...
Even in jail, my ~ inmates treated me with kindness.
ADJ: ADJ n
2.
A ~ is a man or boy. (INFORMAL, OLD-FASHIONED)
By all accounts, Rodger would appear to be a fine ~.
= chap
N-COUNT
3.
Your ~s are the people who you work with, do things with, or who are like you in some way. (FORMAL)
People looked out for one another and were concerned about the welfare of their ~s.
N-PLURAL: poss N
4.
A ~ of an academic or professional association is someone who is a specially elected member of it, usually because of their work or achievements or as a mark of honour.
...the ~s of the Zoological Society of London.
N-COUNT: usu N of n