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We are acknowledging the close personal nature of our 10 years at war and the strong bonds of fidelity that Marines have for one another, especially for those fellow Marines who we have lost.
James F. Amos

Meaning of "fellow" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FELLOW

Old English fēolaga, from Old Norse fēlagi, one who lays down money, from fē money + lag a laying down.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FELLOW

fellow  [ˈfɛləʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FELLOW

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fellow is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FELLOW MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fellow

In academia, a fellow is a member of a group of learned people who work together as peers in the pursuit of mutual knowledge or practice. The fellows may include visiting professors, postdoctoral researchers and doctoral researchers. It may also indicate an individual recipient of a graduate-level merit-based form of funding akin to a scholarship.

Definition of fellow in the English dictionary

The first definition of fellow in the dictionary is a man or boy. Other definition of fellow is one or oneself. Fellow is also a person considered to be of little importance or worth.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FELLOW


bedfellow
ˈbɛdˌfɛləʊ
bellow
ˈbɛləʊ
bordello
bɔːˈdɛləʊ
Capello
kæˈpɛləʊ
cello
ˈtʃɛləʊ
Costello
kɒˈstɛləʊ
delo
ˈdɛləʊ
felloe
ˈfɛləʊ
goodfellow
ˈɡʊdˌfɛləʊ
helo
ˈhɛləʊ
Longfellow
ˈlɒŋˌfɛləʊ
Martello
mɑːˈtɛləʊ
mellow
ˈmɛləʊ
modello
məˈdɛləʊ
morello
məˈrɛləʊ
Oddfellow
ˈɒdˌfɛləʊ
schoolfellow
ˈskuːlfɛləʊ
workfellow
ˈwɜːkˌfɛləʊ
yellow
ˈjɛləʊ
yokefellow
ˈjəʊkˌfɛləʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FELLOW

felloe
fellow being
fellow citizen
fellow countryman
fellow countrymen
fellow countrywoman
fellow countrywomen
fellow creature
fellow feeling
fellow inmate
fellow member
fellow men
fellow passenger
fellow student
fellow traveler
fellow traveller
fellow worker
fellowly
fellowman
fellowship

WORDS THAT END LIKE FELLOW

allow
cadmium yellow
canary yellow
chrome yellow
clouded yellow
daffodil yellow
follow
golden yellow
high yellow
hollow
lemon yellow
Naples yellow
playfellow
primrose yellow
rebellow
research fellow
Robin Goodfellow
saffron yellow
teaching fellow
unmellow

Synonyms and antonyms of fellow in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FELLOW»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «fellow» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of fellow

Translation of «fellow» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FELLOW

Find out the translation of fellow to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fellow from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fellow» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

老乡
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

compañero
570 millions of speakers

English

fellow
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

साथी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

زميل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

молодец
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

companheiro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সহকর্মী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

homme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rakan sekerja
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kerl
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

仲間
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

동료
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

kanca
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đồng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मित्र
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

adam
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

compagno
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

молодець
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

coleg
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συναδέλφους
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mede-
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fellow
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fellow
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fellow

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FELLOW»

The term «fellow» is very widely used and occupies the 4.811 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FELLOW» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «fellow» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «fellow» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fellow

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10 QUOTES WITH «FELLOW»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fellow.
1
Aeschines
Be assured, fellow citizens, that in a democracy it is the laws that guard the person of the citizen and the constitution of the state, whereas the despot and the oligarch find their protection in suspicion and in armed guards.
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James F. Amos
We are acknowledging the close personal nature of our 10 years at war and the strong bonds of fidelity that Marines have for one another, especially for those fellow Marines who we have lost.
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James Baker
Never let the other fellow set the agenda.
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Michael D. Barnes
If today is your typical day in America, 80 of our fellow citizens will die from gunfire. In the last two weeks, more Americans have died from gunfire here at home in the United States than in the entire war in Iraq since it started.
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David Brin
In the book, America had already been weakened by bio terror plagues before waves of selfish violence took down the rest. But the real enemy was the kind of male human being who nurses fantasies of violent glory at the expense of his fellow citizens.
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Sid Caesar
The trouble with telling a good story is that it invariably reminds the other fellow of a dull one.
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Rachel Caine
I love being in touch with my readers and fellow writers! It's just amazing to have such access to people.
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Will Carleton
If there's a heaven upon the earth, a fellow knows it when He's been away from home a week, and then gets back again.
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John Carmack
Programming is not a zero-sum game. Teaching something to a fellow programmer doesn't take it away from you. I'm happy to share what I can, because I'm in it for the love of programming.
10
William Cobbett
I defy you to agitate any fellow with a full stomach.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FELLOW»

Discover the use of fellow in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fellow and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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American Media History
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Anthony Fellow, 2012
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Fellow Mortals: A Novel
Even though the fire has been put out, it has ignited a lurking menace in an otherwise apparently peaceful suburb. In Fellow Mortals, Dennis Mahoney depicts the fire’s aftermath in the lives of its survivors.
Dennis Mahoney, 2013
3
Rabi'a The Mystic and Her Fellow-Saints in Islam
Authoritative 1928 account of the extraordinary life, work and teaching of Rabi'a, a freed slave and revered female Sufi saint.
Margaret Smith, 2010
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I Know a Shy Fellow Who Swallowed a Cello
Being a very shy person, a quiet man suddenly gets all the attention when he swallows a cello and other musical instruments whole as part of a strange diet associated with his passionate love of music.
Barbara S. Garriel, John O'Brien, 2004
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Fellow Romantics: Male and Female British Writers, 1790-1835
Linking, among others, Charlotte Smith and William Wordsworth, Felicia Hemans and Percy Bysshe Shelley, the contributors defamiliarize the work of both male and female writers by drawing our attention to frequently neglected aspects of each ...
Beth Lau, 2009
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My Fellow Americans: The Most Important Speeches of ...
Presents the texts of forty-five speeches from American presidents, along with an audio disc of recordings of some of the speeches.
‎2010
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Electrophysiology: A Companion Guide for the Cardiology ...
This book will appeal to all cardiology fellows, residents, physicians interested in recertification, medical students, nurses in the electrophysiology lab, and the arrhythmia/device clinic.
Jonathan S. Steinberg, Suneet Mittal, 2009
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History Hunting: A Guide for Fellow Adventurers
The book offers guidance to aspiring historians at every stage and in every walk of life, from advice on tackling and organizing projects to recommendations for finding and using resources of all kinds, whether at the local historical ...
James W. Cortada, 2012
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Tracks of a Fellow Struggler: Living and Growing through Grief
This book is the story of Claypool’s own journey through the darkness, written through four sermons.
John R. Claypool, 2004
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Fellow Citizens: The Penguin Book of U.S. Presidential ...
Marking pivotal moments in American history, readers will learn: ? How George Washington came to ad-lib ?So help me, God? at the end of his first inaugural address ?
Robert V. Remini, Terry Golway, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FELLOW»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fellow is used in the context of the following news items.
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Is Conor McGregor really such a big deal in Ireland?
Is Conor McGregor really such a big deal in Ireland? A fellow Irishman explains. By Tom Rooney July 10, 2015 10:15 am Follow @oldmanrooney. 5.2k shares. «MMAjunkie.com, Jul 15»
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Governor Cuomo on Defensive as Fellow Democrats Assail Bullying …
It was a moment for reflection and, perhaps, reconciliation with fellow Democrats who had grown exasperated with what they said were Gov. «New York Times, Jul 15»
3
'Bloods' gang-member sentenced to life for killing fellow gang mate
A “Bloods” gang member ambushed, killed a fellow member last fall after overhearing a dispute about his former girlfriend. On Thursday, the ... «Atlanta Journal Constitution, Jul 15»
4
Malloy Could Face First Override From Fellow Democrats
For the first time, Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy could face a real threat of one of his vetoes being overridden by fellow Democrats in the ... «NBC Connecticut, Jul 15»
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Pensioner jailed for burgling fellow OAPs in retirement housing
A pensioner has been jailed after burgling the homes of neighbours at his sheltered housing complex. Christopher Kenrick, 67, had been ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Exeter University professor elected Honorary Fellow to the Royal …
Professor Michael Depledge, one of the University of Exeter's leading academics has been elected as an Honorary Fellow. «Western Morning News, Jul 15»
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G Train Rider Asks Fellow Commuters To Stop Cursing, Gets Beaten
G Train Rider Asks Fellow Commuters To Stop Cursing, Gets Beaten. by Jen Chung in News on Jul 10, 2015 9:42 am. 2015_07_gtrainpunchers.jpg. A subway ... «Gothamist, Jul 15»
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Former Clifton High student accused of sexually assaulting fellow
A former Clifton High School student who was accused of sexually assaulting a student inside the school four years ago was sentenced Friday ... «NorthJersey.com, Jul 15»
9
Yoga warriors teach their fellow vets
The two plan to bring the benefits of yoga to their fellow veterans. ... with the ultimate goal of becoming yoga instructors who teach fellow vets. «Sun Sentinel, Jul 15»
10
Strangers help save fellow Wings fan with CPR
For John and Sandy Sodeman and their family, a night of Red Wings baseball and fireworks at Frontier Field has become a Fourth of July ... «Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Jul 15»

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