fellow

«fellow» in Mova's school dictionary: A man or boy: He's a nice fellow — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a fellow, fellows); adjective (fellow — before a noun)

meaning for a pupil

1) (informal, a bit old-fashioned) A man or boy: He's a nice fellow. tree →

2) (adjective) Someone in the same group or situation as you: my fellow pupils. tree →

3) (noun) A member of a society or an important person at a university. tree →

4) (noun) One of a pair: a sock without its fellow. tree →

sense in the lessons

In speeches and stories «fellow» means «others like me»: «fellow citizens», «fellow students»; in casual old talk «a fellow» is a man, like «a guy» or «a chap». Phrases: «fellow students», «fellow travellers», «a funny old fellow», «fellow feeling».

examples

• He seems a friendly fellow. tree →
• I thanked my fellow classmates for their help. tree →
• Fellow passengers helped the old lady with her bag. tree →
• The poor fellow was soaking wet. tree →
• She became a fellow of the science society. tree →
• We are fellow members of the chess club. tree →
• "Ah, you foolish fellows!" he cried. tree →

note

As a noun, informal and mostly for men; newer slang words are «guy», «bloke» (UK, Australia), «chap» (UK). Plural «fellows». Short form in talk: «fella» or «feller».

In the corpora

• The Otter: «Such a good fellow, too ...
• I only want to give pleasure to you fellows.
• Toad: «Well, good night, you fellows!
• The Rat: «We're going to find that home of yours, old fellow … we shall want your nose.»
• Poor old Ratty — a decent fellow, but not clever.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fellow» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.