fellow

Substantiv

1. 1

   übertragenA 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.

   [W]e are Fellovves ſtill, / Seruing alike in ſorrovv: […]

   Rich-men adore their Gold: whoſo aſpires / To lift to Heav'n his ſight and Soules Deſires, / He muſt be Poor (at leaſt-vviſe like the Poor). / Riches and Fear are fellovvs euer-more.

   And ſhe ſaid vnto her father [Jephthah], Let this thing be done for me: Let me alone two moneths, that I may goe vp and downe vpon the mountaines, and bewaile my virginitie, I, and my fellowes.

2. 2

   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.

   A Certain Shepherd had One Favourite-Dog, that he had a Particular Confidence in above all the reſt. He fed him vvith his Ovvn hand, and took more Care of him, in ſhort, then of any of his Fellovvs.

3. 3

   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.

   The great cannon of Mahomet has been ſeparately noticed; an important and viſible object in the hiſtory of the times: but that enormous engine was flanked by two fellows [i.e., cannons] almoſt of equal magnitude: […]

4. 4

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

   my fellow Americans

   Rebecca and her fellow workers are to go on strike.

   Indeed he vvas a vvorthy Gentleman / Had his eſtate beene fellovv to his mind.

   He that ſhall die there, although his death will be unnatural, and his pain perhaps great, he will yet have the better of his fellow; not only becauſe he will be arrived at the Cœleſtial City ſooneſt, but becauſe he will eſcape many miſeries that the other will meet with in the reſt of his journey.

5. 5

   One comparable in characteristics with another; especially, as belonging to the same class or group. One with abilities, achievements, skills, etc., equal to those of another; a thing with characteristics, worth, etc., equal to those of another thing.

   {{|en|to be without fellow}}

   to have no fellows

   [I]n reaſonynge, and debatynge of matters what by his naturall witte, & what by daylye exerciſe, ſuerlye he hadde fewe fellowes.

   But I am conſtant as the Northerne Starre, / Of vvhoſe true fixt, and reſting quality, / There is no fellovv in the Firmament.

6. 6

   One comparable in characteristics with another; especially, as belonging to the same class or group. One in the same condition, or situation of need, as another.

   [I]rrationall creatures cannot diſtinguiſh betvveene Injury, and Dammage; and therefore as long as they be at eaſe, they are not offended vvith their fellovves: […]

   And oft I wiſh, amidſt the ſcene, to find / Some ſpot to real happineſs conſign'd, / Where my worn ſoul, each wand'ring hope at reſt, / May gather bliſs to ſee my fellows bleſt.

   For danger levels man and brute, / And all are fellows in their need.

7. 7

   altertümlichOne comparable in characteristics with another; especially, as belonging to the same class or group. An equal in character, power, rank, etc.; a peer.

   Are yet tvvo Romans liuing ſuch as theſe? / The laſt of all the Romans, far thee vvell: / It is impoſſible, that euer Rome / Should breed thy fellovv.

   [C]hieftaine of the reſt / I choſe him heere, the earth ſhall him allovv, / His fellovves late, ſhall be his ſubiects novv.

8. 8

   altertümlichOne comparable in characteristics with another; especially, as belonging to the same class or group. One living at the same time, or about the same age as another, especially when in the same field of study or work.

9. 9

   Senses relating to academia; often in the form Fellow. An academic who constitutes an educational institution (such as a college or university); now particularly, a senior member involved in teaching, research, and management of the institution.

   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, […]

   One Thomas Stanbridge, […] vvho dying 1522, left ſeveral Books to the Coll. of vvhich he had been Fellovv; vvhich, if I miſtake not, vvas Magd[alen] College.

   The fellows [of Magdalene College, Cambridge] were, by the statutes which their founder had drawn up, empowered to select their own president from among persons who were, or had been, fellows either of their society or of New College.

10. 10

    Senses relating to academia; often in the form Fellow. A (senior) member of a learned or professional society.

    a Fellow of the Royal Society

    I was now chosen (and nominated by his Majestie for one of yᵉ Council) by suffrage of the rest of yᵉ Members, a Fellow of yᵉ Philosophic Society now meeting at Gresham College, where was an assembly of divers learning gentlemen.

11. 11

    historischSenses relating to academia; often in the form Fellow. A (senior) member of a learned or professional society. A senior member of an Inn of Court.

    About the ſame time he vvent to London, became Fellovv of the Middle Temple, and aftervvards tranſlated from Lat. to Engliſh The five Books of Hieronimus Oſorius, containing a diſcourſe of Civil and Chriſtian Nobility, Lond. 1576. qu[arto].

12. 12

    Senses relating to academia; often in the form Fellow. An honorary title bestowed by an educational instutition upon a distinguished person (often an alumna or alumnus).

13. 13

    Senses relating to academia; often in the form Fellow. A scholar appointed to a fellowship, that is, a paid academic position held for a certain period which usually requires the scholar to conduct research.

14. 14

    Senses relating to academia; often in the form Fellow. A physician undergoing a fellowship (supervised subspecialty medical training) after having completed a residency (specialty training program).

15. 15

    Senses relating to academia; often in the form Fellow. A member of a college or university who manages its business interests.

16. 16

    Senses relating to academia; often in the form Fellow. A senior researcher or technician in a corporation, especially one engaged in research and development.

17. 17

    umgangssprachlichA 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

    Looke in thy laſt vvorke, vvhere thou haſt fegin'd^([sic – meaning feign'd]) him a vvorthy Fellovv.

    [H]ovv happy ſhall vve be, if each of vs ſhal haue God to go vvith him! Certainely (my deare fellovves) vve ſhall neuer complaine of the vvant of Maiſters, of friends, vvhile vve finde our ſelues ſure of him; nothing can make vs miſerable vvhile vve are furniſhed vvith him.

18. 18

    An individual regardless of gender; usually qualified by an adjective or used in the plural.

    [H]e would sometimes reward her with a hearty slap on the back, and protest that she was a devilish good fellow, a jolly dog, and so forth; all of which compliments Miss Sally would receive in entire good part and with perfect satisfaction.

    The cut of her dress from the waist upward, both before and behind, made her figure very like a boy's kite; and I might have pronounced her gown a little too decidedly-orange, and her gloves a little too intensely green. But she seemed to be a good sort of fellow, and showed a high regard for the Aged.

    Lucy, you are an honest-hearted girl, I know. I should not be here speaking to you as I am now if I did not believe you clean grit, right through to the very depths of your soul. Tell me, like one good fellow to another, is there any one else that you care for?

    Not that the girl on the couch, with closed eyes, was unrefined. But there was a wholesome air of good health about her that caused one to think of a "jolly good fellow," rather than a girl who needed to be helped on and off trolley cars.

19. 19

    An animal or object.

    In short, this fellow (laying his hand on his purse) who, thou knowest, father, was somewhat lank and low in condition when I set out four months since, is now as round and full as a six-weeks' porker.

    So I took the gun and went up a piece into the woods and was hunting around for some birds, when I see a wild pig; hogs soon went wild in them bottoms after they had got away from the prairie farms. I shot this fellow and took him into camp.

20. 20

    altertümlichOne of a pair of things suited to each other or used together; a counterpart, a mate.

    Let me ſee thy gloue. Looke you, / This the fellovv of it. / It vvas I indeed you promiſed to ſtrike.

    I vvalk'd about on the Shore, […] reflecting upon all my Comrades that vvere drovvn'd, […] I never ſavv them aftervvards, or any Sign of them, except three of their Hats, one Cap, and tvvo Shoes that vvere not Fellovvs.

21. 21

    altertümlichOne of a pair of things suited to each other or used together; a counterpart, a mate. A partner in life or marriage; particularly, a male lover, a boyfriend, a husband; also, the mate of an animal.

    [N]ovv vvhen they be but heyfers of one year, or tvvo years at the moſt (vvhich is more tollerable) they are let goe to the fellovv and breed.

    I am your vvife, if you vvill marrie me; / If not, Ile die your maid: to be your fellovv / You may denie me, but Ile be your ſeruant / VVhether you vvill or no.

22. 22

    veraltetA colleague or partner.

    Time, and Heat, are Fellovves in many Effects. Heat drieth Bodies, that doe eaſily expire; As Parchment, Leaues, Roots, Clay, &c. And, ſo doth Time or Age arefie; […]

23. 23

    übertragenA colleague or partner. An associate in the commission of a crime or other wrongful act; an accomplice.

    For certaine / Either ſome one like us night founder'd here, / Or elſe ſome neighbour vvood man, or at worſt / Some roaving robber calling to his fellovvs.

24. 24

    veraltetA close companion or friend; also, a companion or friend whom one eats or drinks with.

    If thou be for his profit, he vſeth the: but yf thou haue nothinge, he ſhal forſake the. As longe as thou haſt eny thinge of thine owne, he ſhal be a good felowe with the: Yee he ſhal make the a bare man, and not be ſory for it.

    [T]ruly for the Engliſheman to bee offended with the admixtion of Latine, or the Latine manne to miſlike the poutheryng of Greke, appereth vnto me a moche like thing, as […] one that drinketh ſingle Beere, ſhould be greued with his next feloe, for drinking ale or wine.

25. 25

    veraltetOne who participates in an activity; a participant; followed by of.

    For behold me, / A Fellovv of the Royall Bed, vvhich ovve / A Moitie of the Throne: […]

    [C]ruel his eye, but caſt / Signs of remorſe and paſſion to behold / The fellows of his crime, […]

26. 26

    veraltetA man without good breeding or of lower social status; a common or ignoble man; also, used as a polite term of address.

    Gramercie fellovv: there, drinke that for me. Throvves him his Purſe.

    Thou fellovv, a vvorde. / VVho gaue thee this letter?

27. 27

    veraltetA servant or slave.

    But before al of them were assembled to begin their sports, there came a fellow, who being out of breath (or seeming so to be for haste) with humble hastines told Basilius, that his Mistres, the Lady Cecropia, had sent him to excuse the mischance of her beastes ranging in that dãgerous sort, being happened by the folly of the keeper; […]

28. 28

    veraltetA worthless person; a churl, a knave; also, used as a term of address.

    Iff I were a fleſhly felowe, and a preacher of lyes and tolde them that they might ſyt bebbinge and bollynge, and be droncken: O that were a prophet for this people.

    And vvho doth lead them but a paltrey fellovv,? / Long kept in Brittaine at our mothers coſt, / A milkeſopt, one that neuer in his life / Felt ſo much colde as ouer ſhooes in ſnovv: […]

    Fellovvs that ſet up for Meſſias's, only upon their ovvn Heads, vvithout pretending to any Thing ſingular or miraculous, but Impudence, and Impoſture.

    You'll find, if once the Monarch acts the Monk, / Or Cobler-like, the Parſon vvill be drunk, / VVorth makes the man, and VVant of it the Fellovv; […]

29. 29

    veraltetSynonym of schoolmate: a student at the same school.

    Adrian thought it worth while to try out his new slang. ‘I say, you fellows, here's a rum go. Old Biffo was jolly odd this morning. He gave me a lot of pi-jaw about slacking and then invited me to tea. No rotting! He did really.’

30. 30

    veraltetA black man.

31. 31

    Variante von fellaaltertümlichAlternative form of fella: used as a general intensifier.

Verb

1. 1

   altertümlichTo address (someone) as "fellow", especially in an insulting manner (see noun sense 10.6).

   'Don't Fellovv me,' ſaid the Bailiff, 'I am as good a Fellovv as yourſelf, I believe, tho' you have that Ribbond in your Hat there.'

   "I dare say—I dare day—my good fellow." / "Fellow not me—I won't be fellowed now; I say I have the best of it here—man to man—I am your match."

2. 2

   altertümlichTo equal (someone or something); also, to cause or find someone or something to be equal to (another).

   For my part, let me rather affect and applaud the harmleſs humor of that miſ-called Saint, vvho in an indiſcreet humility called every VVoolf his brother, and every Sheep, yea, every Ant his ſiſter, fellovving himſelf vvith every thing that had life in it, as vvell as himſelf; […]

3. 3

   veraltetTo pair or suit (someone or something) with another; also, to pair or suit someone or something with (another); to arrange (things) in pairs.

4. 4

   veraltetTo associate or join (oneself, someone, or something) with another in companionship or a partnership.

   [A] man by nature is rather deſirous to fellow him ſelfe to another and ſo to liue in couple, than to adherd^([sic – meaning adhere?]) himſelfe with many.

5. 5

   veraltetTo cause or portray (someone or something) to be equal to (another).

6. 6

   veraltetTo associate or go together with (someone or something); to become a partner of (someone or something).

   Affection? thy Intention ſtabs the Center. / Thou do'ſt make poſſible things not ſo held, / Communicat'ſt vvith Dreames (hovv can this be?) / VVith vvhat's vnreall: thou coactiue art, / And fellow'ſt nothing.

   Some fevv there vvere left all to follovv Him: / Eſteeming all to baſe to fellovv Him: / And joyfully receiv'd Him as their Lord, / Deriving their ſalvation from his VVord, […]

7. 7

   veraltetTo associate or join with a someone or something in companionship or a partnership.

   VVhere is the gentleman? 't vvas for his ſake / I vvould have lien vvith you, vvo'd it vvere as lavvfull to fellovv nights vvith him.

Formen

Plural

fellows

Präteritum

fellowed

Partizip II

fellowed

Partizip I

fellowing

3. Person Singular

fellows