Noun

(en noun)

One with whom one shares a bed.

* 1599 Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew , .

''Young budding virgin, fair and fresh and sweet,

''Whither away, or where is thy abode?

''Happy the parents of so fair a child;

''Happier the man whom favourable stars

Allot thee for his lovely bed-fellow .

An associate, often an otherwise improbable one.

* 1873' ''They say that "misfortune makes men acquainted with strange '''bedfellows ". The old hereditary Whig Cabinet ministers must, no doubt, by this time have learned to feel themselves at home with strange neighbours at their elbows.'' — Anthony Trollope, ''Phineas Redux , Chapter 40.

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Noun

(en noun)

(lb) A colleague or partner.

(lb) A companion; a comrade.

*(John Milton) (1608-1674)

*:the fellows of his crime

*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

*:We are fellows still, / Serving alike in sorrow.

*(Edward Gibbon) (1737-1794)

*:That enormous engine was flanked by two fellows almost of equal magnitude.

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*:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows , yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations.

A man without good breeding or worth; an ignoble or mean man.

*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)

*:Worth makes the man, and want of it, the fellow .

An equal in power, rank, character, etc.

*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

*:It is impossible that ever Rome / Should breed thy fellow .

One of a pair, or of two things used together or suited to each other; a mate.

*(Philemon Holland) (1552-1637)

*:When they be but heifers of one year,they are let go to the fellow and breed.

*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

*:This was my glove; here is the fellow of it.

(lb) A male person; a man.

*1910 , (Saki), ‘The Strategist’, Reginald in Russia :

*:‘There'll be about ten girls,’ speculated Rollo, as he drove to the function, ‘and I suppose four fellows , unless the Wrotsleys bring their cousin, which Heaven forbid.’

*, chapter=7

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=“A very welcome, kind, useful present, that means to the parish. By the way, Hopkins, let this go no further. We don't want the tale running round that a rich person has arrived. Churchill, my dear fellow , we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing.

(lb) A person; an individual, male or female.

*(Charles Dickens) (1812-1870)

*:She seemed to be a good sort of fellow .

(lb) A rank or title in the professional world, usually given as "Fellow".

#In the English universities, a scholar who is appointed to a foundation called a fellowship, which gives a title to certain perquisites and privileges.

#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.

#A member of a literary or scientific society; as, a Fellow of the Royal Society.

#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.

#In the US and Canada, a physician who is undergoing a supervised, sub-specialty medical training (fellowship) after completing a specialty training program (residency).