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adj
comparative form of fell: more fell
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, comparative, form-of
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name
A surname.
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noun
A person who fells trees; a lumberjack
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noun
A machine for felling trees.
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noun
A person who fells a seam.
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noun
An appliance to a sewing machine for felling a seam.
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noun
Nonstandard form of fellow.
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Usage: alt-of, nonstandard
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noun
a boy or man
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: chap, fellow, fella, lad, gent, blighter, cuss, bloke
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Broader terms: male, male person
Narrower terms: dog
noun
a person who fells trees
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: lumberman, lumberjack, logger, faller
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Broader terms: laborer, manual laborer, labourer, jack
Narrower terms: scorer, Bunyan, Paul Bunyan
History
Etymology tree English fell Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Germanic *-izô Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō Proto-Germanic *-ōzô Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō Old English -ra Middle English -ere English -er English feller From fell + -er.
Likely an occupational surname from English feller (“one who fells trees; a lumberjack”).
From Middle English fellere, feller; equivalent to fell + -er.
Variant of fellow that reflects the reduction of the last vowel to a schwa and its conflation with the endings -er/-ar.
Across languages
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