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

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolfellow/#x1)
- In the story, Tom's schoolfellows teased him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolfellow/#x2)
- The two schoolfellows wrote letters for fifty years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolfellow/#x3)
- Charles Dickens wrote about cruel schoolmasters and frightened schoolfellows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolfellow/#x4)
- She invited her schoolfellows to tea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolfellow/#x5)
- They were schoolfellows at a boarding school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolfellow/#x6)
- A BOY stole a lesson-book from one of his schoolfellows and took it home to his Mother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/schoolfellow/#x7)

### note

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

### Trees and pragmatics

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