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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fellow/#m1)

2) (adjective) Someone in the same group or situation as you: my fellow pupils. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fellow/#m2)

3) (noun) A member of a society or an important person at a university. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fellow/#m3)

4) (noun) One of a pair: a sock without its fellow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fellow/#m4)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fellow/#x1)
- I thanked my fellow classmates for their help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fellow/#x2)
- Fellow passengers helped the old lady with her bag. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fellow/#x3)
- The poor fellow was soaking wet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fellow/#x4)
- She became a fellow of the science society. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fellow/#x5)
- We are fellow members of the chess club. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fellow/#x6)
- "Ah, you foolish fellows!" he cried. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fellow/#x7)

### 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 ...](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad/28/)
- [I only want to give pleasure to you fellows.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/30-willows-ch2-part2-the-canary-coloured-cart/42/)
- [Toad: «Well, good night, you fellows!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop/16/)
- [The Rat: «We're going to find that home of yours, old fellow … we shall want your nose.»](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/42-willows-ch5-part2-mole-end/25/)
- [Poor old Ratty — a decent fellow, but not clever.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/48-willows-ch6-part4-twenty-years-in-the-dungeon/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fellow» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fellow/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.