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English
Etymology 1
From Middle English feller; equivalent to fell + -er.
Noun
feller (plural fellers)
- A person who fells trees; a lumberjack
- A machine for felling trees.
- A person who fells a seam.
- An appliance to a sewing machine for felling a seam.
Derived terms
Translations
machine for felling trees
appliance to a sewing machine
Etymology 2
Variant of fellow that reflects the reduction of the last vowel to a schwa and its conflation with the endings -er/-ar.[1]
Noun
feller (plural fellers)
- Nonstandard form of fellow.
1899, Stephen Crane, chapter 1, in Twelve O'Clock:There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […] ”
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Etymology 3
From fell + -er.
Adjective
feller
- (archaic) comparative form of fell: more fell
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Dutch
Pronunciation
Adjective
feller
- comparative degree of fel
Latin
Verb
fēller
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of fēllō
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
feller m or f
- indefinite plural of felle
Verb
feller
- present of felle
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Noun
feller f
- plural indefinite of felle
Etymology 2
Verb
feller
- present of fella