schoolfellow

«schoolfellow» in Mova's school dictionary: A person who goes or went to the same school as you; a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a schoolfellow, schoolfellows)

meaning for a pupil

(old-fashioned) A person who goes or went to the same school as you; a schoolmate. tree →

sense in the lessons

Found mostly in old books, letters and history: Victorian stories mention schoolfellows. Today people say «classmate», «schoolmate» or «school friend». Phrases: «an old schoolfellow».

examples

• Grandad met an old schoolfellow at the shop. tree →
• In the story, Tom's schoolfellows teased him. tree →
• The two schoolfellows wrote letters for fifty years. tree →
• Charles Dickens wrote about cruel schoolmasters and frightened schoolfellows. tree →
• She invited her schoolfellows to tea. tree →
• They were schoolfellows at a boarding school. tree →
• A BOY stole a lesson-book from one of his schoolfellows and took it home to his Mother. tree →

note

Old-fashioned. Countable: schoolfellows. Modern words: schoolmate, classmate.

Trees and pragmatics

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