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good-fellow, n.
[See fellow n. 3.
In mod. use good fellow is apprehended as two words, the n. being interpreted as fellow n. 9.]
1. An agreeable or jovial companion; esp. a boon companion, a convivial person, a reveller. Also in phrase to play the good-fellow. arch.
c1386[see fellow n. 3]. a1568R. Ascham Scholem. i. (Arb.) 62 It was well knowen, that Syr Roger had bene a good feloe in his yougth. 1589Cogan Haven Health ccxviii. (1636) 250 If you..would faine know where the best ale is..marke where the greatest noyse is of good fellowes, as they call them. 1606G. W[oodcocke] tr. Justin's Hist. 135 a, A kinswoman of the kings..being wont to play the goodfellowe with a certaine young man of the Greeks, as she imbraced him..vtterred the matter vnto him. a1617Bayne On Eph. (1658) 125 They are in company with Swearers, Gamesters, Good-fellows. 1657Rumsey Org. Salutis Ep. Ded. (1659) 19 They use now to play the Good-fellows in this wakeful and civil drink [coffee]. a1674Clarendon Hist. Reb. xiv. §138 He associated himself most with the good-fellows, and eat in their company, being well provided for the expence. a1677Barrow Serm. xxx. (1687) I. 410 A glutton, and a good-fellow, a friend to publicans and sinners. 1755Johnson Dict., Wassail, a liquour made of apples, sugar, and ale, anciently much used by English goodfellows. 1824Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. (1863) 223 She was hearty and jovial withal, a thorough good-fellow in petticoats.
fig.a1656Hales Gold. Rem. (1688) 318 For sins are good-fellows, go always in Droves.
b. good-fellow-well-met (cf. fellow n. 3 c and hail-fellow A. b). In quot. attrib.
1807Sir R. Wilson Jrnl. 15 May in Life (1862) II. vii. 218 He moved up to Lord H. as if we were all members of the ‘good-fellow-well-met’ club.
†2. A thief or robber. Obs.
1600Heywood 1 Edw. IV (1613) E 4 Good fellows be thieues. 1600Holland Livy xxvii. xii. (1609) 636 Those good fellowes..who used to live by robbing and stealing. 1608Middleton Trick to Catch, etc. B 4 b, Lu. Welcome good fellow. Host. Hee calles me theefe at first sight. 1633Massinger Guardian v. iv, You are fitter far To be a church⁓man than to have command Over good fellows.
3. attrib. and Comb.
1542Becon Newes out of Heauen Prol. B vj, It is accounted no synne..but rather a sporte, a good felowlike dalyaunce. 1608W. Sclater Malachy (1650) 201 Before this preaching came up amongst us, we had as good fellow-like a parish, and as much good neighbourhood amongst us [etc.]. 1642Fuller Holy & Prof. St. iii. v. 162 Those natures which, like the good-fellow planet Mercury, are most swayed by others. 1647Trapp Comm. Ephes. v. 19 Drunkards sing..over their cups in their good-fellow-meetings.
Hence † goodfellow v. rare—1, trans. to call (a person) a good fellow; † goodfellowhood = good-fellowship; good-fellowish a. [+ -ish], somewhat resembling a good-fellow; † good-fellowly a., characteristic of a good-fellow.
1580Harvey in Grosart Spenser's Wks. I. 438 Familiar and good fellowlye writinge. 1628Feltham Resolves i. lxxxiv. 243 Let me rather be disliked for not being a Beast, then be good-fellowed with a hug, for being one. a1706E. Baynard Health (1740) 18 Makes the spirits brisk and good; After a bad Good-fellow-Hood Had left their springy parts uncurl'd. 1880Athenæum 14 Aug. 210/2, I doubt if Jaques were ever capable of developing into anything so wholesome and good-fellowish.
▸ slang (orig. and chiefly U.S.). Chiefly in form goodfella (cf. fella n.). A member of a Mafia family; (more generally) a mobster, gangster.
Popularized by the 1990 film GoodFellas, directed by M. Scorsese.
1988J. D. Pistone & R. Woodley Donnie Brasco xvii. 310 Was Anthony Mirra a wiseguy then?.. If Mirra wasn't a good fellow at the time you was there, his argument is no good. 1992M. Blonsky Amer. Mythologies (1993) xiii. 314 The two-time offender..remains..the boss of the largest crime family in the country, some 300 wise guys, good fellows, good guys, button men, made guys—sworn members of the family. 1996Evening Standard (Nexis) 2 May 27 Quite why it takes five semi-retired goodfellas to scare off some college kid who's pinched the boss's son's girlfriend is never explained. 2001U.S. News & World Rep. 18 June 20/3 Faced with damning disclosures from wiretaps and the prospect of life in prison, top goodfellas have ‘flipped’ to the prosecution's side. |