FELLOW
noun
Definitions
- 1. A companion; a comrade; an associate; a partner; a sharer. The fellows of his crime. Milton. We are fellows still, Serving alike in sorrow. Shak. That enormous engine was flanked by two fellows almost of equal magnitude. Gibbon.
- 2. A man without good breeding or worth; an ignoble or mean man. Worth makes the man, and want of it, the fellow. Pope.
- 3. An equal in power, rank, character, etc. It is impossible that ever Rome Should breed thy fellow. Shak.
- 4. One of a pair, or of two things used together or suited to each other; a mate; the male. When they be but heifers of one year, . . . they are let go to the fellow and breed. Holland. This was my glove; here is the fellow of it. Shak.
- 5. A person; an individual. She seemed to be a good sort of fellow. Dickens.
- 6. In the English universities, a scholar who is appointed to a foundation called a fellowship, which gives a title to certain perquisites and privileges.
- 7. In an American college or university, a member of the corporation which manages its business interests; also, a graduate appointed to a fellowship, who receives the income of the foundation.
- 8. A member of a literary or scientific society; as, a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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Added: October 09, 2025
Updated: October 09, 2025