fellow

Definition

  • noun: a male person
  • noun: an equal in rank, power, or character
  • usually plural
  • synonyms: comrade, peer, companion

Examples

  • a teaching/research 'fellow' [=a graduate student who gets money in exchange for teaching/research]

  • He attended the concert with a 'fellow' student. [=someone who is a student, as he is]

  • He has always tried to be of service to 'his fellow man'. [=to other people]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) I let him down. That's crap, kid. He's proud of you. We're old friends, I know him as good as anybody. Smart fellow, ain't he? Smart as they come. He was a banker on the outside. What's he in here for anyway? Murder. The hell, you say. (..)
    1994 The Shawshank Redemption
  • (..) but your brother just died." -I'm sorry to hear that. -I'm not. He was an asshole. Ran off years ago. Figured him for dead. So this lawyer fellow says to me: "He died a rich man." Oil wells and shit. Close to a million bucks. A million bucks? -Incredible how lucky some assholes get. (..)
    1994 The Shawshank Redemption