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"Section F, G and H"


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.


&fist; 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.


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