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The Old Norse word for a partner, felagi, means literally “one who puts down property.” Such people were those who laid together their property for some common purpose. Old English borrowed felagi from Old Norse and called a partner a feolaga. This word has come down to us, through several centuries and the development of a number of senses, as modern English fellow. Perhaps its most common use today is its very general one, in which it is applied to any boy or man.
Examples of fellow in a Sentence
Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 26 Apr. 2024
On a recent tour of the Disney Imagineering headquarters in Glendale, Calif., Larry Smoot, a Disney research fellow, appeared to be walking in place, as each tile on a small patch of flooring tilted and pivoted with him, in response to his every movement.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Apr. 2024
Karen Bakker was a Guggenheim fellow, a professor at the University of British Columbia and the Matina S. Horner distinguished visiting professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University.
—Karen Bakker, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2024
Meanwhile, fellow reliever John Schreiber tossed a scoreless frame against the Blue Jays.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2024
Times reporting fellow Caroline Petrow-Cohen contributed to this report.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2024
Benjamin Powell is a senior fellow at the Independent Institute and a professor of economics at Texas Tech University.
—Benjamin Powell, The Mercury News, 20 Apr. 2024
Cy Neff is a politics reporting fellow based in Wyoming for USA Today.
—USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2024
Norman Eisen, a Brookings Institution senior fellow who served as special counsel to the House Judiciary Committee during Trump's first impeachment, agreed with Bragg's election-interference framing of the case.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2024
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“Fellow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fellow. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
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