fellow
fel-low · noun
Definitions
noun
- 1.
A man or boy (informal).
- 2.
A person sharing an activity or status with others.
- 3.
A member of a learned society or academic institution.
- 4.
A graduate student receiving financial support.
- 5.
Sharing a particular activity, quality, or condition with someone.
Forms
plural: fellows
Phrases & expressions
- •fellow feeling — Sympathy based on shared experience.
- •fellow traveler — One who sympathizes with a cause without joining it.
- •fellow man — Other people in general.
- •odd fellow — A strange person.
Related words
Etymology
From Old Norse félagi ("partner, companion"), from fé ("property, money") + lag ("a laying in order"), thus originally meaning "one who lays down money in a joint enterprise."