Meaning

• Noun

  1. A companion; a comrade.
  2. An animal which is a member of a breed or species, or a flock, herd, etc.
  3. An object which is associated with another object; especially, as part of a set.
  4. A person or thing comparable in characteristics with another person or thing; especially, as belonging to the same class or group.
  5. A person or thing comparable in characteristics with another person or thing; especially, as belonging to the same class or group.
  6. A person or thing comparable in characteristics with another person or thing; especially, as belonging to the same class or group.
  7. A person or thing comparable in characteristics with another person or thing; especially, as belonging to the same class or group.
  8. A person or thing comparable in characteristics with another person or thing; especially, as belonging to the same class or group.
  9. Often in the form Fellow: academic senses.
  10. Often in the form Fellow: academic senses.
  11. Often in the form Fellow: academic senses.
  12. Often in the form Fellow: academic senses.
  13. Often in the form Fellow: academic senses.
  14. Often in the form Fellow: academic senses.
  15. Often in the form Fellow: academic senses.
  16. Often in the form Fellow: academic senses.
  17. (informal) A 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.
  18. Usually qualified by an adjective or used in the plural: an individual or person regardless of gender.
  19. An animal or object.
  20. One of a pair of things suited to each other or used together; a counterpart, a mate.
  21. One of a pair of things suited to each other or used together; a counterpart, a mate.
  22. Alternative form of fella (“used as a general intensifier”)
  23. (obsolete) A colleague or partner.
  24. (obsolete) A colleague or partner.
  25. (obsolete) A close companion or friend; also, a companion or friend whom one eats or drinks with.
  26. (obsolete) Followed by of: one who participates in an activity; a participant.
  27. (obsolete) A man without good breeding or of lower social status; a common or ignoble man; also, used as a polite term of address to such a person.
  28. (obsolete) A person's servant or slave.
  29. (obsolete) A worthless person; a churl, a knave; also, used as a term of address to a person regarded as such.
  30. (obsolete,slang) Synonym of schoolmate (“a student at the same school”)
  31. (obsolete) A black man.

• Verb