fellow

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Yet though he's down to zero in fellow-men's esteem, this fellow is a hero and that's no winter dream.

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  1. noun A man or boy.
  2. noun Informal A boyfriend.
  3. noun A comrade or associate.

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boy ·  brother ·  creature ·  soldier ·  lad ·  youth ·  guy ·  companion ·  warrior ·  one ·  servant ·  folk

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fellow:   fellows
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English felau, from Old English fēolaga, from Old Norse fēlagi, business partner, fellow, from fēlag, partnership : , property, money; see peku- in Indo-European roots + lag, a laying down; see legh- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also fellowe, felloe, felowe, feloe; from Middle English felow, felowe, felaw, felawe, felaghe, felage, etc., a companion, associate, from Icelandic fēlagi, a companion, partner, shareholder, (fēlag, a partnership, fellowship, literally a laying together of property, from , property (=English fee), + lag, a laying together, fellowship, companionship, plural lög (orig. *lagu, later AS, lagu, English law, q. v.), from leggja = English lay, q. v. ‘Fellow-’ in comp. is in Middle English usually expressed by even-; cf. even-christian, etc.
  2. from Middle English *felagen (spelled velagen), make one's fellow, from felage, felawe, fellow.
 

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/ˈfɛloʊ/
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