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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.
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. Oh, my friends and fellow-sufferers, and fellow-workmen, and fellow-men!
    — from Hard Times by Charles Dickens
  5. The fittest man for a particular post is not always the best fellow or the most agreeable.
    — from Middlemarch by George Eliot
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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

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