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Definition fellow

Etymology

From Middle English felowe, felawe, felage, from Old Norse félagi (“fellow, companion, associate, shareholder, colleague”), from félag (“partnership”, literally “a laying together of property”), from the Germanic bases of two words represented in English by fee and law. Cognate with Scots falow, fallow, follow (“associate, comrade, companion”), Danish fælle (“companion”), Norwegian felle (“companion”), Faroese felagi (“member, partner”), Icelandic félagi (“comrade, mate”).

Noun

fellow (plural fellows)

1. (obsolete) A colleague or partner.
2. (archaic) A companion; a comrade.
3. A man without good breeding or worth; an ignoble or mean man.
4. An equal in power, rank, character, etc.
5. One of a pair, or of two things used together or suited to each other; a mate.
6. (attributive) A person with common characteristics, being of the same kind, or in the same group.
7. (colloquial) A male person; a man.
8. (rare) A person; an individual, male or female.
9. (Britain slang, obsolete) Synonym of schoolmate: a student at the same school.
10. A rank or title in the professional world, usually given as "Fellow".
    1. In the English universities, a scholar who is appointed to a foundation called a fellowship, which gives a title to certain perquisites and privileges.
    2. 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.
    3. A member of a literary or scientific society
    4. 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.
    5. In the US and Canada, a physician who is undergoing a supervised, sub-specialty medical training (fellowship) after completing a specialty training program (residency).
11. (Aboriginal English) Used as a general intensifier

Verb

fellow (third-person singular simple present fellows, present participle fellowing, simple past and past participle fellowed)

1. To suit with; to pair with; to match.

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