fellern.¹

Brit.

/ˈfɛlə/, U.S.

/ˈfɛlər/

Forms: see fell v. and -er suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: fell v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < fell v. + -er suffix¹.Compare Middle High German or early modern German veller (in vellerīn female destroyer; German Fäller now only in compounds, chiefly in Holzfäller woodcutter). With the form fallere in quot. c1390 compare discussion at fell v.

†1. A person who or thing which fells a person or animal; a destroyer; a vanquisher. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > [noun] > knocking or striking down > one who or that which

fellerc1390

floorer1795

downer1819

c1390 in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 136 Heil fallere of þe fendes fele.

c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 156 (MED) Haile! fallere of þe fyndis pryde.

?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 149 Heyl ffellere of þe fende.

1578 W. Baldwin et al. Last Pt. Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) Henry Stafford sig. U4 My rule, my ryches, royal bloud and al,When Fortune fround, the feller made my fall.

?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xv. 475 Whose fall when Meges view'd, He let fly at his feller's life.

1656 W. Jeffery Antichrist made Known in M. Caffyn Deceived, & Deceiving Quakers Discovered 71 Since the time of Nebuchadnezzar, and that Monarchies fall, there hath come up many fellers, or destroyers of the Jews.

1730 W. Forbes Inst. Law Scotl. II. 150 Stickers or Fellers of Horses or Oxen in Time of leading Corns or Fuel.

1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote I. i. viii. 38 He performed such wonders, and felled so many Moors, that he retained the name of Manchuca, or the feller.

1841 C. C. Felton Clouds of Aristophanes 175 The sharpener of the knife casts it [sc. guilt] upon the person delivering it to the feller of the beast; the feller of the beast upon the actual slaughterer.

1865 Leaves from Diary Celebrated Burglar 18/1 He put his hand in his pocket and she advanced to receive—what?—a tremendous feller on the ‘gob’, which sent her spinning into the middle of the room.

2. A person who fells trees or timber, esp. as an occupation.timber-feller, tree-feller, wood-feller, etc.: see the first element.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > lumberman

wood-hewerc1000

wooderc1050

hagger1294

wood-hagger1294

feller1422

woodman1426

faller1614

wood-maker1616

forest-feller1618

axeman1671

holt-felstera1678

stocker1686

bayman1715

logger1734

wood-cutter1758

lumberer1809

lumbermana1817

shantyman1824

chopper1827

splitter1841

bushman1846

mahogany cutter1850

piner1871

bush-faller1882

lumberjack1888

bushwhacker1898

home guard1903

Jack1910

gyppo1912

timber-getter1912

timberjack1916

timber beast1919

1422–3 ( Foreign Acct. 1 Henry VI (P.R.O.: E 364/57) m. 9 Pro vadiis carpentariorum vocatorum ffellers & Squarers.

1466 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 346 Item, to ij. fellers of tymbre..viij. d.

1552–3 Act 7 Edward VI c. 7 §1 in Statutes of Realm (1963) IV. i. 171 The penaltie..dependeth..not upon the..fellor of the same [Fuell].

1569 T. Blague Schole of Wise Conceytes 54 (heading) Of a Feller of woode.

1611 S. Penuen Ambitions Scourge sig. A7^v That same blood-fed flame, That i'th trees dust inter's the fellers fame.

1650 T. Bayly Worcesters Apophthegmes 80 The hatchet of one of the fellers chanc'd to strike out a chip.

1783 E. Carter Let. 2 June in Series of Lett. E. Carter & C. Talbot (1808) II. 410 The Hamadryads..will scream in the ears of the feller till he drops his axe.

1790 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 552 The rooted oaks would fly Before th' approaching fellers.

1809 E. A. Kendall Trav. Northern Parts U.S. III. 33 To this mill, the surrounding lumberers or fellers of timber bring their logs.

1860 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 1859 29 25 Trees..against which no feller has come up.

1916 St. Louis Lumberman 15 Nov. 16/2 The fellers in this camp will be paid a premium of 11c (eleven cents) per thousand feet they fell above the standard.

1987 I. Radforth Bushworkers & Bosses iv. 72 Piece-rate incentives brought significant changes to the work of cutters and fellers.

1991 J. D. Matthews Silvicultural Syst. ii. 9 These effects..can be greatly reduced by orderly felling of the trees by trained fellers.

a. An attachment for a sewing machine, used for felling seams (see fell v. 7).

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > equipment for > sewing-machine > parts of or attachments for

presser bar1813

flat bed1819

shuttle1847

foot1854

looper1857

take-up1859

work holder1859

feller1860

shuttle-carrier1860

binder1865

braider1866

ruffler1868

presser foot1875

shuttle-windera1877

tension-device1877

thread-cutter1877

thread-oiler1877

tuck-creaser1877

tucking-gauge1877

tuck-marker1877

thread-guide1924

zipper foot1938

free arm1948

balance-wheel1961

tuck-folder-

1860 N.Y. Herald 31 Jan. Something New.—A Hemmer, Tucker, Feller, Binder and Gauge combined, just patented.

1864 People's Dental Jrnl. Apr. (end matter) (advt.) The hemmer and feller can never be set wrong. Any one may adjust them in the dark... No other hemmer or feller is like this.

1916 Vocational Educ. Surv. Minneapolis, Minn. (U.S. Dept. Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics) xiv. 332 The operative laps the two edges about a half inch, inserts them in the double feller attached to the presser foot, slips body and sleeve over the cylinder extending in front, and guides the work so as to keep the turn in even.

2015 P. Jana in R. Nayak & R. Padhye Garment Manufacturing Technol. xi. 301 Fellers and hemmers can be upturned or downturned to enable sewing to happen from the reverse or front side, respectively.

b. A person employed to fell (fell v. 7) seams.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > one who

seamsterc995

sewster1391

sewer1399

seamstress1615

fine-drawer1702

stitch-man1710

sewist1867

feller1883

1883 St. Louis (Missouri) Globe-Democrat 25 Nov. 12/5 (advt.) Wanted—good hand-sewers, basters, finishers and fellers; good wages and steady work.

1894 N. Brit. Daily Mail 5 Sept. 4 The wages of the fellers, whether on day work or on piece work, ranged from 1s 6d to 2s 6d.

1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §404 Finisher, tailor's finisher; feller; sews by hand, sleeve linings, vest arm holes.

1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §411 Feller, sews seams of gloves with a particular kind of felling stitch on treadle machine.

1992 1990 Census of Population: Classified Index Industries & Occupations (U.S. Bureau of Census) o103 Coat feller... Collar feller.

Compounds

feller buncher n. originally and chiefly North American a large machine used in logging that cuts down trees to just above ground level and gathers them into piles for later transportation.

ΚΠ

1959 Timber of Canada Oct. 55/2 The ‘Processing Unit’ and the ‘Feller-Buncher’ are experimental machines in the mechanization program of the host company.

1987 I. Radforth Bushworkers & Bosses ix. 197 Some were designed as Feller-Bunchers, equipment that simply felled trees and bunched them in readiness for skidding or forwarding by some other machine.

2013 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 17 Sept. (Westcoast News section) a8 A feller buncher is the forest industry's ultimate machine.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

fellern.²

Brit.

/ˈfɛlə/, U.S.

/ˈfɛlər/

Forms: 1700s fellor, 1700s– fellar, 1700s– feller.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: fellow n.

Etymology: Representing a regional or colloquial pronunciation (with reduction of the vowel in the second syllable) of fellow n. Compare fella n.

colloquial, regional, and in representations of particular accents.

1. A man, a male person. Also in extended use with reference to a woman, animal, or thing. Cf. fella n. 1.feller-me-lad and variants: see fellow-my-lad n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > man > [noun]

churla800

werec900

rinkeOE

wapmanc950

heOE

wyeOE

gomeOE

ledeOE

seggeOE

shalkOE

manOE

carmanlOE

mother bairnc1225

hemea1250

mother sona1250

hind1297

buck1303

mister mana1325

piecec1325

groomc1330

man of mouldc1330

hathela1350

sire1362

malea1382

fellowa1393

guestc1394

sergeant?a1400

tailarda1400

tulka1400

harlotc1405

mother's sona1470

frekea1475

her1488

masculinea1500

gentlemana1513

horse?a1513

mutton?a1513

merchant1549

child1551

dick1553

sorrya1555

knavea1556

dandiprat1556

cove1567

rat1571

manling1573

bird1575

stone-horse1580

loona1586

shaver1592

slave1592

copemate1593

tit1594

dog1597

hima1599

prick1598

dingle-dangle1605

jade1608

dildoa1616

Roger1631

Johnny1648

boy1651

cod1653

cully1676

son of a bitch1697

cull1698

feller1699

chap1704

buff1708

son of a gun1708

buffer1749

codger1750

Mr1753

he-man1758

fella1778

gilla1790

gloak1795

joker1811

gory1819

covey1821

chappie1822

Charley1825

hombre1832

brother-man1839

rooster1840

blokie1841

hoss1843

Joe1846

guy1847

plug1848

chal1851

rye1851

omee1859

bloke1861

guffin1862

gadgie1865

mug1865

kerel1873

stiff1882

snoozer1884

geezer1885

josser1886

dude1895

gazabo1896

jasper1896

prairie dog1897

sport1897

crow-eater1899

papa1903

gink1906

stud1909

scout1912

head1913

beezer1914

jeff1917

pisser1918

bimbo1919

bozo1920

gee1921

mush1936

rye mush1936

basher1942

okie1943

mugger1945

cat1946

ou1949

tess1952

oke1970

bra1974

muzhik1993

1699 W. King Dialogues of Dead 71 Flecknoe. ‘To Samothracian Gods like Honest Feller, Preserv'd by Salt, here offers his Saltcellar.’ Decker. I suppose Eudemus was a Country-Man, and therefore you use the Word Feller, rather than Fellow, out of choice, and not because the Rhime constrain'd you to it.

1759 Campaign I. i. i. 2 One Mr. Sourgrape, who swore very heartily he had no notion of confining young fellers at college and varsities.

1793 M. Pilkington Rosina III. x. 74 I cannot be plagued any longer..with that old feller and his young spark.

1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. i. 12 A lawyer..put Peters down for ‘a confounded smart feller’.

1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xxvi. 252 Mr. Pynsent, you're a good feller.

1880 Punch 20 Nov. 234 Why, there was an Actor, by Jingo! and a scientific chap, and an artist feller.

1930 D. H. Lawrence Nettles 23 She'll go and order The Morning Smile,..sure that it will tell her She's a marv'lous, delicious, high-spirited feller.

1946 K. Tennant Lost Haven (1947) i. 17 A feller that's just risen from his bed of 'flu.

1971 Petticoat 17 July 2/2 If we did walk into a pub alone and not one feller blinked an eyelid we'd probably think there was something wrong with us.

2015 K. Rollins Taste of Cowboy 5/2 The cook was usually a grumpy feller and often just as stubborn as the team of mules he was driving.

2. A person's boyfriend, male lover, or (in later use) husband. Cf. fellow n. 15, fella n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > a lover > [noun] > male lover

servantc1405

specialc1425

servitorc1450

love-lad1586

young man1589

inamorato1592

swainc1592

gentleman friend1667

enamorado1677

spark1707

beau?1720

Johnny1726

man friend1736

feller1842

novio1843

soupirant1849

fella1874

man1874

fellow1878

square-pusher1890

stud1895

papa1896

lover mana1905

boyfriend1906

daddy1912

lover-boy1925

sheikh1925

sweetback1929

sweet man1942

older man1951

boyf1990

1842 Lowell (Mass.) Offering 2 147 It [sc. the letter] is for Miss Sophronia Pearson..from ‘her feller’, who has ‘gone away off, beyond space, to make his fortin’.

1887 Lantern (New Orleans) 9 July 3 My feller tells me that Watermeyer..is looking for a fuss.

1910 B. R. Hoover Opal ii. 39 ‘Opal must be expectin' her feller,’ remarked Pa, ‘to want things so scrumptious.’ ‘Opal ain't got no feller,’ remarked Ma, grimly; ‘but if you mean Sef Woods—Opal's saw the last of him.’

1966 F. Shaw et al. Lern Yerself Scouse 39 It's fer my feller's carryin-out. It is for my husband's packed lunch.

2013 Gaston Gaz. (Gastonia, N. Carolina) 21 Oct. 1 b/5 Our oldest daughter and her feller, a slim, handsome guy this side of six feet.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	feller
释义	fellern.¹ Brit. /ˈfɛlə/, U.S. /ˈfɛlər/ Forms: see fell v. and -er suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: fell v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < fell v. + -er suffix¹.Compare Middle High German or early modern German veller (in vellerīn female destroyer; German Fäller now only in compounds, chiefly in Holzfäller woodcutter). With the form fallere in quot. c1390 compare discussion at fell v. †1. A person who or thing which fells a person or animal; a destroyer; a vanquisher. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > [noun] > knocking or striking down > one who or that which fellerc1390 floorer1795 downer1819 c1390 in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 136 Heil fallere of þe fendes fele. c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 156 (MED) Haile! fallere of þe fyndis pryde. ?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 149 Heyl ffellere of þe fende. 1578 W. Baldwin et al. Last Pt. Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) Henry Stafford sig. U4 My rule, my ryches, royal bloud and al,When Fortune fround, the feller made my fall. ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xv. 475 Whose fall when Meges view'd, He let fly at his feller's life. 1656 W. Jeffery Antichrist made Known in M. Caffyn Deceived, & Deceiving Quakers Discovered 71 Since the time of Nebuchadnezzar, and that Monarchies fall, there hath come up many fellers, or destroyers of the Jews. 1730 W. Forbes Inst. Law Scotl. II. 150 Stickers or Fellers of Horses or Oxen in Time of leading Corns or Fuel. 1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote I. i. viii. 38 He performed such wonders, and felled so many Moors, that he retained the name of Manchuca, or the feller. 1841 C. C. Felton Clouds of Aristophanes 175 The sharpener of the knife casts it [sc. guilt] upon the person delivering it to the feller of the beast; the feller of the beast upon the actual slaughterer. 1865 Leaves from Diary Celebrated Burglar 18/1 He put his hand in his pocket and she advanced to receive—what?—a tremendous feller on the ‘gob’, which sent her spinning into the middle of the room. 2. A person who fells trees or timber, esp. as an occupation.timber-feller, tree-feller, wood-feller, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > lumberman wood-hewerc1000 wooderc1050 hagger1294 wood-hagger1294 feller1422 woodman1426 faller1614 wood-maker1616 forest-feller1618 axeman1671 holt-felstera1678 stocker1686 bayman1715 logger1734 wood-cutter1758 lumberer1809 lumbermana1817 shantyman1824 chopper1827 splitter1841 bushman1846 mahogany cutter1850 piner1871 bush-faller1882 lumberjack1888 bushwhacker1898 home guard1903 Jack1910 gyppo1912 timber-getter1912 timberjack1916 timber beast1919 1422–3 ( Foreign Acct. 1 Henry VI (P.R.O.: E 364/57) m. 9 Pro vadiis carpentariorum vocatorum ffellers & Squarers. 1466 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 346 Item, to ij. fellers of tymbre..viij. d. 1552–3 Act 7 Edward VI c. 7 §1 in Statutes of Realm (1963) IV. i. 171 The penaltie..dependeth..not upon the..fellor of the same [Fuell]. 1569 T. Blague Schole of Wise Conceytes 54 (heading) Of a Feller of woode. 1611 S. Penuen Ambitions Scourge sig. A7^v That same blood-fed flame, That i'th trees dust inter's the fellers fame. 1650 T. Bayly Worcesters Apophthegmes 80 The hatchet of one of the fellers chanc'd to strike out a chip. 1783 E. Carter Let. 2 June in Series of Lett. E. Carter & C. Talbot (1808) II. 410 The Hamadryads..will scream in the ears of the feller till he drops his axe. 1790 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 552 The rooted oaks would fly Before th' approaching fellers. 1809 E. A. Kendall Trav. Northern Parts U.S. III. 33 To this mill, the surrounding lumberers or fellers of timber bring their logs. 1860 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 1859 29 25 Trees..against which no feller has come up. 1916 St. Louis Lumberman 15 Nov. 16/2 The fellers in this camp will be paid a premium of 11c (eleven cents) per thousand feet they fell above the standard. 1987 I. Radforth Bushworkers & Bosses iv. 72 Piece-rate incentives brought significant changes to the work of cutters and fellers. 1991 J. D. Matthews Silvicultural Syst. ii. 9 These effects..can be greatly reduced by orderly felling of the trees by trained fellers. 3. a. An attachment for a sewing machine, used for felling seams (see fell v. 7). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > equipment for > sewing-machine > parts of or attachments for presser bar1813 flat bed1819 shuttle1847 foot1854 looper1857 take-up1859 work holder1859 feller1860 shuttle-carrier1860 binder1865 braider1866 ruffler1868 presser foot1875 shuttle-windera1877 tension-device1877 thread-cutter1877 thread-oiler1877 tuck-creaser1877 tucking-gauge1877 tuck-marker1877 thread-guide1924 zipper foot1938 free arm1948 balance-wheel1961 tuck-folder- 1860 N.Y. Herald 31 Jan. Something New.—A Hemmer, Tucker, Feller, Binder and Gauge combined, just patented. 1864 People's Dental Jrnl. Apr. (end matter) (advt.) The hemmer and feller can never be set wrong. Any one may adjust them in the dark... No other hemmer or feller is like this. 1916 Vocational Educ. Surv. Minneapolis, Minn. (U.S. Dept. Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics) xiv. 332 The operative laps the two edges about a half inch, inserts them in the double feller attached to the presser foot, slips body and sleeve over the cylinder extending in front, and guides the work so as to keep the turn in even. 2015 P. Jana in R. Nayak & R. Padhye Garment Manufacturing Technol. xi. 301 Fellers and hemmers can be upturned or downturned to enable sewing to happen from the reverse or front side, respectively. b. A person employed to fell (fell v. 7) seams. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > one who seamsterc995 sewster1391 sewer1399 seamstress1615 fine-drawer1702 stitch-man1710 sewist1867 feller1883 1883 St. Louis (Missouri) Globe-Democrat 25 Nov. 12/5 (advt.) Wanted—good hand-sewers, basters, finishers and fellers; good wages and steady work. 1894 N. Brit. Daily Mail 5 Sept. 4 The wages of the fellers, whether on day work or on piece work, ranged from 1s 6d to 2s 6d. 1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §404 Finisher, tailor's finisher; feller; sews by hand, sleeve linings, vest arm holes. 1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §411 Feller, sews seams of gloves with a particular kind of felling stitch on treadle machine. 1992 1990 Census of Population: Classified Index Industries & Occupations (U.S. Bureau of Census) o103 Coat feller... Collar feller. Compounds feller buncher n. originally and chiefly North American a large machine used in logging that cuts down trees to just above ground level and gathers them into piles for later transportation. ΚΠ 1959 Timber of Canada Oct. 55/2 The ‘Processing Unit’ and the ‘Feller-Buncher’ are experimental machines in the mechanization program of the host company. 1987 I. Radforth Bushworkers & Bosses ix. 197 Some were designed as Feller-Bunchers, equipment that simply felled trees and bunched them in readiness for skidding or forwarding by some other machine. 2013 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 17 Sept. (Westcoast News section) a8 A feller buncher is the forest industry's ultimate machine. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). fellern.² Brit. /ˈfɛlə/, U.S. /ˈfɛlər/ Forms: 1700s fellor, 1700s– fellar, 1700s– feller. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: fellow n. Etymology: Representing a regional or colloquial pronunciation (with reduction of the vowel in the second syllable) of fellow n. Compare fella n. colloquial, regional, and in representations of particular accents. 1. A man, a male person. Also in extended use with reference to a woman, animal, or thing. Cf. fella n. 1.feller-me-lad and variants: see fellow-my-lad n. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > man > [noun] churla800 werec900 rinkeOE wapmanc950 heOE wyeOE gomeOE ledeOE seggeOE shalkOE manOE carmanlOE mother bairnc1225 hemea1250 mother sona1250 hind1297 buck1303 mister mana1325 piecec1325 groomc1330 man of mouldc1330 hathela1350 sire1362 malea1382 fellowa1393 guestc1394 sergeant?a1400 tailarda1400 tulka1400 harlotc1405 mother's sona1470 frekea1475 her1488 masculinea1500 gentlemana1513 horse?a1513 mutton?a1513 merchant1549 child1551 dick1553 sorrya1555 knavea1556 dandiprat1556 cove1567 rat1571 manling1573 bird1575 stone-horse1580 loona1586 shaver1592 slave1592 copemate1593 tit1594 dog1597 hima1599 prick1598 dingle-dangle1605 jade1608 dildoa1616 Roger1631 Johnny1648 boy1651 cod1653 cully1676 son of a bitch1697 cull1698 feller1699 chap1704 buff1708 son of a gun1708 buffer1749 codger1750 Mr1753 he-man1758 fella1778 gilla1790 gloak1795 joker1811 gory1819 covey1821 chappie1822 Charley1825 hombre1832 brother-man1839 rooster1840 blokie1841 hoss1843 Joe1846 guy1847 plug1848 chal1851 rye1851 omee1859 bloke1861 guffin1862 gadgie1865 mug1865 kerel1873 stiff1882 snoozer1884 geezer1885 josser1886 dude1895 gazabo1896 jasper1896 prairie dog1897 sport1897 crow-eater1899 papa1903 gink1906 stud1909 scout1912 head1913 beezer1914 jeff1917 pisser1918 bimbo1919 bozo1920 gee1921 mush1936 rye mush1936 basher1942 okie1943 mugger1945 cat1946 ou1949 tess1952 oke1970 bra1974 muzhik1993 1699 W. King Dialogues of Dead 71 Flecknoe. ‘To Samothracian Gods like Honest Feller, Preserv'd by Salt, here offers his Saltcellar.’ Decker. I suppose Eudemus was a Country-Man, and therefore you use the Word Feller, rather than Fellow, out of choice, and not because the Rhime constrain'd you to it. 1759 Campaign I. i. i. 2 One Mr. Sourgrape, who swore very heartily he had no notion of confining young fellers at college and varsities. 1793 M. Pilkington Rosina III. x. 74 I cannot be plagued any longer..with that old feller and his young spark. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. i. 12 A lawyer..put Peters down for ‘a confounded smart feller’. 1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xxvi. 252 Mr. Pynsent, you're a good feller. 1880 Punch 20 Nov. 234 Why, there was an Actor, by Jingo! and a scientific chap, and an artist feller. 1930 D. H. Lawrence Nettles 23 She'll go and order The Morning Smile,..sure that it will tell her She's a marv'lous, delicious, high-spirited feller. 1946 K. Tennant Lost Haven (1947) i. 17 A feller that's just risen from his bed of 'flu. 1971 Petticoat 17 July 2/2 If we did walk into a pub alone and not one feller blinked an eyelid we'd probably think there was something wrong with us. 2015 K. Rollins Taste of Cowboy 5/2 The cook was usually a grumpy feller and often just as stubborn as the team of mules he was driving. 2. A person's boyfriend, male lover, or (in later use) husband. Cf. fellow n. 15, fella n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > a lover > [noun] > male lover servantc1405 specialc1425 servitorc1450 love-lad1586 young man1589 inamorato1592 swainc1592 gentleman friend1667 enamorado1677 spark1707 beau?1720 Johnny1726 man friend1736 feller1842 novio1843 soupirant1849 fella1874 man1874 fellow1878 square-pusher1890 stud1895 papa1896 lover mana1905 boyfriend1906 daddy1912 lover-boy1925 sheikh1925 sweetback1929 sweet man1942 older man1951 boyf1990 1842 Lowell (Mass.) Offering 2 147 It [sc. the letter] is for Miss Sophronia Pearson..from ‘her feller’, who has ‘gone away off, beyond space, to make his fortin’. 1887 Lantern (New Orleans) 9 July 3 My feller tells me that Watermeyer..is looking for a fuss. 1910 B. R. Hoover Opal ii. 39 ‘Opal must be expectin' her feller,’ remarked Pa, ‘to want things so scrumptious.’ ‘Opal ain't got no feller,’ remarked Ma, grimly; ‘but if you mean Sef Woods—Opal's saw the last of him.’ 1966 F. Shaw et al. Lern Yerself Scouse 39 It's fer my feller's carryin-out. It is for my husband's packed lunch. 2013 Gaston Gaz. (Gastonia, N. Carolina) 21 Oct. 1 b/5 Our oldest daughter and her feller, a slim, handsome guy this side of six feet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹c1390n.²1699
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