felawe

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Middle English

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Etymology

Inherited from Old English fēolaga, from Old Norse félagi; compare fe and lawe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛlau̯(ə)/, /ˈfɛlɔu̯(ə)/, /ˈfeː-/
  • (with reduced vowel) IPA(key): /ˈfɛla/, /ˈfɛlə/

Noun

felawe (plural felawes)

  1. A (male) partner, friend, or colleague; one linked with others:
    1. A (male) co-worker; one who is employed in the same position as oneself or who works with oneself.
    2. A member of an organisation, society, religious order/group, college, trade association, etc.
    3. A (male) accomplice; one who assists another in criminal activity.
    4. A (male) partner or partaker in revelry or one who likes doing so (i.e. is extroverted).
    5. One who is in a close platonic relationship with another; a true companion.
  2. An adversary; one who is against oneself in physical combat.
  3. One who is equal or equivalent to another; a peer.
  4. An appellation used towards a man beneath oneself in society (either friendly or insulting)
  5. A member of or a thing in a grouping, set, or bunch.
  6. (rare) A sexual or marital partner (of a human or animal)
  7. (rare) A male individual of low societal or moral rank.
  8. (rare) Any male individual; a fella, guy, etc.
  9. (rare) That which acts as an intermediary force or agent.

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