fellowとは

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛləʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛloʊ/
• 韻: -ɛləʊ

名詞

fellow (複数形 fellows)

1. (obsolete) A colleague or partner.
2. (archaic) A companion; a comrade.
   • (Can we date this quote?) John Milton

     the fellows of his crime

   • (Can we date this quote?) William Shakespeare

     We are fellows still, / Serving alike in sorrow.

   • (Can we date this quote?) Edward Gibbon

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

   • 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter II, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 639762314, page 0147:

     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.

3. A man without good breeding or worth; an ignoble or mean man.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Alexander Pope

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

4. An equal in power, rank, character, etc.
   • (Can we date this quote?) William Shakespeare

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

5. One of a pair, or of two things used together or suited to each other; a mate.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Philemon Holland

     When they be but heifers of one year, […] they are let go to the fellow and breed.

   • (Can we date this quote?) William Shakespeare

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

6. (colloquial) 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.’

   • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 7, in The Mirror and the Lamp:

     “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. […]”

8. (まれに) A person; an individual, male or female.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Charles Dickens

     She seemed to be a good sort of fellow.

9. (heading) A rank or title in the professional world, usually given as "Fellow".
   1. In the English universities, a scholar who is appointed to a foundation called a fellowship, which gives a title to certain perquisites and privileges.
   2. 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.
   3. A member of a literary or scientific society

      a Fellow of the Royal Society

   4. 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 または Chief Technology Officer). This is typically found in large corporations in research and development-intensive industries (IBM または Sun Microsystems in information technology, かつ Boston Scientific in Medical Devices for example). They appoint a small number of senior scientists and engineers as Fellows.
   5. In the US and Canada, a physician who is undergoing a supervised, sub-specialty medical training (fellowship) after completing a specialty training program (residency).

使用する際の注意点

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.

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:associate
• See also Thesaurus:man

派生語

• bedfellow
• fella
• fellow feeling
• fellow human being
• fellowred
• fellowship
• good fellow/goodfellow
• hail-fellow-well-met
• poor fellow
• schoolfellow
• yokefellow

形容詞

fellow (not comparable)

1. Having common characteristics; being of the same kind, or in the same group

   Roger and his fellow workers are to go on strike.

動詞

fellow (三人称単数 現在形 fellows, 現在分詞 fellowing, 過去形および過去分詞形 fellowed)

1. To suit with; to pair with; to match.

アナグラム

• elf owl

同意語

• co-
• even-