often attributive
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: a member of a group having common characteristics
specifically
: a member of an incorporated literary or scientific society
a fellow of the American College of Surgeons
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: an incorporated member of a college or collegiate foundation especially in a British university
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: a person appointed to a position granting a stipend and allowing for advanced study or research
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The Old Norse word for a partner, felagi, means literally “one who puts down property.” Such people were those who laid together their property for some common purpose. Old English borrowed felagi from Old Norse and called a partner a feolaga. This word has come down to us, through several centuries and the development of a number of senses, as modern English fellow. Perhaps its most common use today is its very general one, in which it is applied to any boy or man.
Examples of fellow in a Sentence
fellows and girls at a party
a young fellow like you
Your son's a bright little fellow.
She's found herself a new fellow.
a fellow of the American College of Surgeons
a Fellow of the Royal Society
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Jackie Hajdenberg, Sun Sentinel, 26 Nov. 2024
Musk, alongside fellow billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy, has been tasked by the President-elect with addressing the country's surging debt.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
Li also has been a senior fellow on global public health at the Asia Society Policy Institute’s Center for China Analysis and a co-founder of that institute’s Cure4Cancer Initiative.
—Russell Flannery, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Join fellow Cincinnatians in one of the oldest and largest 10K races in the country.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 24 Nov. 2024
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“Fellow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fellow. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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