Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
FELLOW
boyfriend, fellow, beau, swain
(noun) a man who is the lover of a man or woman; “if I’d known he was her boyfriend I wouldn’t have asked”; “When the law changed, Pet could finally married his long-time boyfriend Jim”
chap, fellow, feller, fella, lad, gent, blighter, cuss, bloke
(noun) a boy or man; “that chap is your host”; “there’s a fellow at the door”; “he’s a likable cuss”; “he’s a good bloke”
colleague, confrere, fellow
(noun) a person who is member of one’s class or profession; “the surgeon consulted his colleagues”; “he sent e-mail to his fellow hackers”
companion, comrade, fellow, familiar, associate
(noun) a friend who is frequently in the company of another; “drinking companions”; “comrades in arms”
fellow, dude, buster
(noun) an informal form of address for a man; “Say, fellow, what are you doing?”; “Hey buster, what’s up?”
fellow
(noun) a member of a learned society; “he was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association”
mate, fellow
(noun) one of a pair; “he lost the mate to his shoe”; “one eye was blue but its fellow was brown”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
fellow (plural fellows)
(obsolete) A colleague or partner.
(archaic) A companion; a comrade.
A man without good breeding or worth; an ignoble or mean man.
An equal in power, rank, character, etc.
One of a pair, or of two things used together or suited to each other; a mate.
(attributive) A person with common characteristics, being of the same kind, or in the same group.
(colloquial) A male person; a man.
(rare) A person; an individual, male or female.
(UK slang, obsolete) synonym of schoolmate: a student at the same school.
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
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).
(Aboriginal English) Used as a general intensifier
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 associate
• See also man
Verb
fellow (third-person singular simple present fellows, present participle fellowing, simple past and past participle fellowed)
To suit with; to pair with; to match.
Anagrams
• elf owl
Source: Wiktionary
Fel"low, n. Etym: [OE. felawe, felaghe, Icel. felagi, fr. felag companionship, prop., a laying together of property; fe property + lag a laying, pl. lög law, akin to liggja to lie. See Fee, and Law, Lie to be low.]
1. A companion; a comrade; an associate; a partner; a sharer. The fellows of his crime. Milton. We are fellows still, Serving alike in sorrow. Shak. That enormous engine was flanked by two fellows almost of equal magnitude. Gibbon.
Note: Commonly used of men, but sometimes of women. Judges xi. 37.
2. A man without good breeding or worth; an ignoble or mean man. Worth makes the man, and want of it, the fellow. Pope.
3. An equal in power, rank, character, etc. It is impossible that ever Rome Should breed thy fellow. Shak.
4. One of a pair, or of two things used together or suited to each other; a mate; the male. When they be but heifers of one year, . . . they are let go to the fellow and breed. Holland. This was my glove; here is the fellow of it. Shak.
5. A person; an individual. She seemed to be a good sort of fellow. Dickens.
6. In the English universities, a scholar who is appointed to a foundation called a fellowship, which gives a title to certain perquisites and privileges.
7. 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.
8. A member of a literary or scientific society; as, a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Note: Fellow is often used in compound words, or adjectively, signifying associate, companion, or sometimes equal. Usually, such compounds or phrases are self-explanatory; as, fellow-citizen, or fellow citizen; fellow-student, or fellow student; fellow-workman, or fellow workman; fellow-mortal, or fellow mortal; fellow-sufferer; bedfellow; playfellow; workfellow. Were the great duke himself here, and would lift up My head to fellow pomp amongst his nobles. Ford.
Fel"low, v. t.
Definition: To suit with; to pair with; to match. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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