Definition of fellows Fellows

/fɛˈlowz/ - [felowz] -

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What does fellows mean?

Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • fellows (Noun)
    Plural of fellow.

Part of speech

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  • fellows, verb, present, 3rd person singular of fellow (infinitive).
  • fellows, noun, plural of fellow.

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: fellows

fellow - an informal form of address for a man; "Say, fellow, what are you doing?"; "Hey buster, what's up?"
  dude, buster
fellow - a member of a learned society; "he was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association"
fellow - a friend who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"
  companion, comrade, familiar, associate
  friend a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)
  escort, date the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them
  playfellow, playmate a companion at play
fellow - one of a pair; "he lost the mate to his shoe"; "one eye was blue but its fellow was brown"
  mate
  singleton the playing card that is the only card in a suit held in a bridge hand as initially dealt
fellow - a person who is member of one's class or profession; "the surgeon consulted his colleagues"; "he sent e-mail to his fellow hackers"
  colleague, confrere
  associate any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another; "first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate"
fellow - a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman; "if I'd known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked"
  boyfriend, beau, swain, young man
  adult male, man game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games; "he taught me to set up the men on the chess board"; "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage"
fellow - a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at the door"; "he's a likable cuss"; "he's a good bloke"
  chap, feller, fella, lad, gent, blighter, cuss, bloke
  male person, male an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • fellow (Noun)
    A colleague or partner.
  • fellow (Noun)
    A companion; a comrade.
  • fellow (Noun)
    A man without good breeding or worth; an ignoble or mean man.
  • fellow (Noun)
    An equal in power, rank, character, etc.
  • fellow (Noun)
    One of a pair, or of two things used together or suited to each other; a mate.
  • fellow (Noun)
    A male person; a man.
  • fellow (Noun)
    In the English universities, a scholar who is appointed to a foundation called a fellowship, which gives a title to certain perquisites and privileges.
  • fellow (Noun)
    In an American college or university, a member of the corporation which manages its business interests; also, a graduate appointed to a fellowship, who receives the income of the foundation.
  • fellow (Noun)
    A member of a literary or scientific society; as, a Fellow of the Royal Society.
  • fellow (Noun)
    The most senior rank or title one can achieve on a technical career in certain companies though some fellows also hold business titles such as vice president or chief technology officer. This is typically found in large corporations in research and development-intensive industries IBM or Sun Microsystems in information technology, and Boston Scientific in Medical Devices for example. They appoint a small number of senior scientists and engineers as Fellows.
  • fellow (Noun)
    In the US and Canada, a physician who is undergoing a supervised, sub-specialty medical training fellowship after completing a specialty training program residency.
  • fellow (Verb)
    To suit with; to pair with; to match.
  • fellow (Adjective)
    Having common characteristics; being of the same kind, or in the same group.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • fellow (n.)
    A companion; a comrade; an associate; a partner; a sharer.
  • fellow (n.)
    A man without good breeding or worth; an ignoble or mean man.
  • fellow (n.)
    An equal in power, rank, character, etc.
  • fellow (n.)
    One of a pair, or of two things used together or suited to each other; a mate; the male.
  • fellow (n.)
    A person; an individual.
  • fellow (n.)
    In the English universities, a scholar who is appointed to a foundation called a fellowship, which gives a title to certain perquisites and privileges.
  • fellow (n.)
    In an American college or university, a member of the corporation which manages its business interests; also, a graduate appointed to a fellowship, who receives the income of the foundation.
  • fellow (n.)
    A member of a literary or scientific society; as, a Fellow of the Royal Society.
  • fellow (v. t.)
    To suit with; to pair with; to match.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • fellow
    fel′ō, n. an associate: a companion and equal: one of a pair, a mate: a member of a university who enjoys a fellowship: a member of a scientific or other society: an individual, a person generally: a worthless person.—ns. Fell′ow-cit′izen, one belonging to the same city; Fell′ow-comm′oner, at Cambridge and elsewhere, a privileged class of undergraduates, dining at the Fellows' table; Fell′ow-crea′ture, one of the same race; Fell′ow-feel′ing, feeling between fellows or equals: sympathy; Fell′ow-heir, a joint-heir.—adv. Fell′owly (Shak.), companionable.—ns. Fell′ow-man, a man of the same common nature with one's self; Fell′ow-serv′ant, one who has the same master; Fell′owship, the state of being a fellow or partner: friendly intercourse: communion: an association: an endowment in a college for the support of graduates called Fellows: the position and income of a fellow: (arith.) the proportional division of profit and loss among partners.—Good fellowship, companionableness; Right hand of fellowship, the right hand given by one minister or elder to another at an ordination in some churches. [M. E. felawe—Ice. félagi, a partner in goods, from fé (Ger. vieh), cattle, property, and lag, a laying together, a law. Cf. Eng. Fee, and Law.]

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

  • fellow
    A sailor's soubriquet for himself; he will ask if you "have anything for a fellow to do?"

Wikipedia Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • A fellow is someone who is an equal or a comrade, but most often it means a member of a group of learned people who work together at university or other academic institutions. However, there are no precise rules for how the title is used, and each academic institution grants the title as it sees fit.

Part of speech

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  • fellow, verb, present, 1st person singular of fellow (infinitive).
  • fellow, verb (infinitive).
  • fellow, noun, singular of fellows.
  • fellow, adjective, not comparable.

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