fellow

♦♦ fel|low /f'eloʊ/ (fellows)
1 [ADJ] ADJ n
You use fellow to describe people who are in the same situation as you, or people you feel you have something in common with.
She discovered to her pleasure, a talent for making her fellow guests laugh...
Even in jail, my fellow inmates treated me with kindness.
2 [N-COUNT]
A fellow is a man or boy. (INFORMAL, OLD-FASHIONED)
By all accounts, Rodger would appear to be a fine fellow.
= chap
3 [N-PLURAL] poss N
Your fellows are the people who you work with, do things with, or who are like you in some way. (FORMAL)
People looked out for one another and were concerned about the welfare of their fellows.
4 [N-COUNT] usu N of n
A fellow of an academic or professional association is someone who is a specially elected member of it, usually because of their work or achievements or as a mark of honour.
...the fellows of the Zoological Society of London.fel|low feel|ing
also fellow-feeling
[N-UNCOUNT]
Fellow feeling is sympathy and friendship that exists between people who have shared similar experiences or difficulties.re|search fel|low (research fellows)
[N-COUNT]
A research fellow is a member of an academic institution whose job is to do research.

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