Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One engaged in the same work with another.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One engaged in the same work with another; a companion in work.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One engaged in the same
work with another; acompanion in work.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an associate that one works with
Etymologies
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Examples
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¶ Timothy Acts 16.1 my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosip'ater, my kinsmen, salute you.
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Julia, from her early girlhood, had interested herself deeply in all that concerned the blind, and had become more and more the Doctor's companion and workfellow at the Perkins Institution, where much of his time was necessarily spent.
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On his return from dumping the next load, Newton seemed, in a superior way, quite amiably disposed toward his workfellow -- rather the habitual thing in the neighborhood.
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My impression is that it was written before _Demos_, but was longer in finding a publisher; it had to wait until the way was prepared by its coarser and more vigorous workfellow.
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45: 016: 021 Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you.
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45: 016: 021 Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you.
qms commented on the word workfellow
Big Joe’s normal tone is a bellow;
He shakes down the leaves with his “Hello!”
His workplace is shared
By the hearing impaired
Who think him a perfect workfellow.
April 12, 2018