fellow

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an informal form of address for a man

   Say, fellow, what are you doing?

2. 2
   noun

   a member of a learned society

   I was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association.

3. 3
   noun

   A companion; a comrade.

   But now vnderſtand you, that the kingdome of God is communicated vntoo you by our Lord Jeſus Chriſt, bycauſe he hath purchaced it for you, and made you his brethren and fellowes.

4. 4
   noun

   An animal which is a member of a breed or species, or a flock, herd, etc.

   But as ſome of the Oxen in driving, miſſed their fellovvs behind and honing after them, bellovved as their nature is: Hercules chanced to heare them lovv again, and anſvver from out of the cave vvherein they had been beſtovved: vvhereat he turned back, and made haſte thither.

5. 5
   noun

   An object which is associated with another object; especially, as part of a set.

   But five tall barks the vvinds and vvaters toſt / Far from their fellovvs, on th’Ægyptian coaſt.

6. 6
   noun

   A person or thing comparable in characteristics with another person or thing; especially, as belonging to the same class or group.

   my fellow Americans

7. 7
   noun

   Often in the form Fellow: academic senses.

   In the Parliament novv ſitting at VVeſtminſter (in vvhoſe parallel Convocation nothing of conſequence) the moſt remarkable thing Enacted vvas, the Act made to enable the Provoſt, and Fellovves of Chelsey-Colledge, to dig a trench out of the river Lee, […]

8. 8
   noun

   A male person; a bloke, a chap, a guy, a man; also, preceded by a modifying word, sometimes with a sense of mild reproach: used as a familiar term of address to a man.

   my dear fellow    old fellow

Etymology

From Middle English felowe, Early Middle English felage (“companion, good friend”) from Old English fēolaga, from Old Norse félagi, derived from félag (“joint venture; partnership”, literally “a laying together of property”), from fé (“livestock, property; money”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“livestock; wealth”)) + lag (“something laid down; right position; arrangement; companionship, fellowship; partnership”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie down”)). Cognates * Old Norse filaga, felaka (“partner”, accusative singular), from which the other terms are derived…