Literary notes about fellow (AI summary)
The term “fellow” is used in literature to convey a wide range of nuances depending on context and relationship. It can denote a companion or peer, as when a character is identified as a fellow student or traveler [1, 2], yet it also frequently communicates familiarity or casual address among friends [3, 4]. At other times, “fellow” is employed somewhat disparagingly to suggest mediocrity or incompetence [5, 6], while in still other instances it underscores a shared community or ideological bond, as seen in references to fellow-servants or colleagues [7, 8]. This versatility in usage not only enriches character interactions but also offers subtle commentary on social roles and individual worth.
- And while he was thus thinking came Horatio, a fellow student of his, from Wittenberg.
— from Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare by E. Nesbit and William Shakespeare - This fellow was never yet to be depended upon, nor never will be, and he will surely reap what he has sown.
— from The Iliad by Homer - And when I told him what had happened, he exclaimed: “My dear fellow, let us make use of our opportunity, and bolt; as it is, our time is up.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant - Oh, my friends and fellow-sufferers, and fellow-workmen, and fellow-men!
— from Hard Times by Charles Dickens - The fittest man for a particular post is not always the best fellow or the most agreeable.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot - I only know he is a very foolish vain fellow, and put my dear little girl into a very painful and awkward position last night.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray - For I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren the prophets and of them that keep the words of the prophecy of this book.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - Συμφυλέτης, ου, ὁ, ( σύν & φυλή ) pr. one of the same tribe; a fellow-citizen, fellow-countryman, 1 Th. 2.14.
— from A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament by William Greenfield