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fellow | other |

In obsolete terms the difference between fellow and other

is that fellow is a colleague or partner while other is or.

As a determiner other is

not the one or ones previously referred to.

As an adverb other is

apart from; in the phrase "other than".

As a conjunction other is

or.

fellow

English

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.
  • *
  • *: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).
  • Usage notes

    In North America, fellow is less likely to be used for a man in general in comparison to other words that have the same purpose. Nevertheless, it is still used by some. In addition, it has a good bit of use as an academic or medical title or membership.

    Synonyms

    * See also * See also

    Derived terms

    * bedfellow * fella * fellow feeling * fellowship * good fellow/goodfellow * hail-fellow-well-met * poor fellow * schoolfellow

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having common characteristics; being of the same kind, or in the same group
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To suit with; to pair with; to match.
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    other

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • See
  • second.
  • I get paid every other week.
  • Alien.
  • *
  • Different.
  • *
  • (obsolete) Left, as opposed to right.
  • * Spenser
  • A distaff in her other hand she had.
    Synonyms
    * (not the one previously referred to) * (contrary to) * different, disparate * dissimilar, distinctive * distinguishable, diverse * unalike, unlike * additional, another * else, farther * further
    Antonyms
    * same
    Derived terms
    * otherish * other rank * other side

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An other one, more often rendered as another .
  • The other one; the second of two.
  • * 1699 , , Heads designed for an essay on conversations
  • Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other' suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the ' other polishes it.
  • * , chapter=6
  • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=He had one hand on the bounce bottle—and he'd never let go of that since he got back to the table—but he had a handkerchief in the other and was swabbing his deadlights with it.}}

    Determiner

    (en determiner)
  • Not the one or ones previously referred to.
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on an afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house.}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
  • , chapter=1 citation , passage=“[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes like
      Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer. […]”}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Out of the gloom , passage=[Rural solar plant] schemes are of little help to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light to Indian villages is long overdue. When the national grid suffers its next huge outage, as it did in July 2012 when hundreds of millions were left in the dark, look for specks of light in the villages.}}
    Antonyms
    * same
    Derived terms
    *

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Apart from; in the phrase "other than".
  • Other than that, I'm fine.
  • (obsolete) otherwise
  • It shall none other be. — Chaucer.
    If you think other . — Shakespeare.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make into an other.
  • *
  • *
  • *
  • To treat as different or separate; segregate; ostracise.
  • * 2007 , Christopher Emdin, City University of New York. Urban Education, Exploring the contexts of urban science classrooms :
  • In this scenario, the young lady who had spoken had been othered by her peers and her response to my question had been dismissed as invalid despite the fact that she was alright.
  • (ethnicity, or, race) To label as "other".
  • * 2008 , John F. Borland, University of Connecticut, The under-representation of Black females :
  • [...] and Black males have not taken her seriously politically (gender); and the color of her skin has marginalized her (race and "othered " her when compared with White women, who have also worked to silence her political views.
    Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    Probably (etyl) .

    Conjunction

    (English Conjunctions)
  • (label) Or.
  • *, Book VII:
  • *:And if that I had nat had my prevy thoughtis to returne to youre love agayne as I do, I had sene as grete mysteryes as ever saw my sonne Sir Galahad other' Percivale, ' other Sir Bors.
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