Fellow (?), n. [OE. felawe, felaghe, Icel. fēlagi, fr. fēlag companionship, prop., a laying together of property; fē property + lag a laying, pl. lög law, akin to liggja to lie. See Fee, and Law, Lie to be low.] 1. A companion; a comrade; an associate; a partner; a sharer.
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The fellows of his crime. Milton.
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We are fellows still,
Serving alike in sorrow. Shak.
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That enormous engine was flanked by two fellows almost of equal magnitude. Gibbon.
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&hand_; Commonly used of men, but sometimes of women. Judges xi. 37.
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2. A man without good breeding or worth; an ignoble or mean man.
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Worth makes the man, and want of it, the fellow. Pope.
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3. An equal in power, rank, character, etc.
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It is impossible that ever Rome
Should breed thy fellow. Shak.
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4. One of a pair, or of two things used together or suited to each other; a mate; the male.
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When they be but heifers of one year, . . . they are let go to the fellow and breed. Holland.
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This was my glove; here is the fellow of it. Shak.
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5. A person; an individual.
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She seemed to be a good sort of fellow. Dickens.
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6. In the English universities, a scholar who is appointed to a foundation called a fellowship, which gives a title to certain perquisites and privileges.
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7. 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.
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8. A member of a literary or scientific society; as, a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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&hand_; Fellow is often used in compound words, or adjectively, signifying associate, companion, or sometimes equal. Usually, such compounds or phrases are self-explanatory; as, fellow-citizen, or fellow citizen; fellow-student, or fellow student; fellow-workman, or fellow workman; fellow-mortal, or fellow mortal; fellow-sufferer; bedfellow; playfellow; workfellow.
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Were the great duke himself here, and would lift up
My head to fellow pomp amongst his nobles. Ford.
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