yokefellow

[ yohk-fel-oh ]

/ ˈyoʊkˌfɛl oʊ /

noun

an associate or companion, especially at work; partner.

a spouse.

Also yoke·mate

[yohk-meyt]. /ˈyoʊkˌmeɪt/.

Origin of yokefellow

1520–30; yoke¹ + fellow, translation of Greek sýzygos

Words nearby yokefellow

yo-ho-ho, yoicks, yok, yoke, yoked, yokefellow, yoke front, yokel, yoker, Yokkaichi, Yokohama

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Example sentences from the Web for yokefellow

She has not been sedulously trained to pull her way, when she is to go into harness with a yokefellow.
Rhoda Fleming, Complete|George Meredith
He had the subtlest brain, and became the yokefellow of a Cobham.
Sir Walter Ralegh|William Stebbing
Why, also, is Juno united to him as his wife, who is called at once "sister and yokefellow?"
The City of God, Volume I|Aurelius Augustine
Give them the victory, First have they greeted thee; Give them the victory, Yokefellow mine!
Hypatia|Charles Kingsley

Pippin had been frightened, a thing that had hardly happened since the days when fear was his yokefellow, day and night.
Pippin; A Wandering Flame|Laura E. Richards

British Dictionary definitions for yokefellow

yokefellow

/ (ˈjəʊkˌfɛləʊ) /

noun

archaic a working companion

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单词	yokefellow
释义	yokefellow [ yohk-fel-oh ] / ˈyoʊkˌfɛl oʊ / noun an associate or companion, especially at work; partner. a spouse. Also yoke·mate [yohk-meyt]. /ˈyoʊkˌmeɪt/. Origin of yokefellow 1520–30; yoke¹ + fellow, translation of Greek sýzygos Words nearby yokefellow yo-ho-ho, yoicks, yok, yoke, yoked, yokefellow, yoke front, yokel, yoker, Yokkaichi, Yokohama Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for yokefellow She has not been sedulously trained to pull her way, when she is to go into harness with a yokefellow. Rhoda Fleming, Complete\|George Meredith He had the subtlest brain, and became the yokefellow of a Cobham. Sir Walter Ralegh\|William Stebbing Why, also, is Juno united to him as his wife, who is called at once "sister and yokefellow?" The City of God, Volume I\|Aurelius Augustine Give them the victory, First have they greeted thee; Give them the victory, Yokefellow mine! Hypatia\|Charles Kingsley Pippin had been frightened, a thing that had hardly happened since the days when fear was his yokefellow, day and night. Pippin; A Wandering Flame\|Laura E. Richards British Dictionary definitions for yokefellow yokefellow / (ˈjəʊkˌfɛləʊ) / noun archaic a working companion Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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