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my dear fellow

my dear fellow noun: term of address for a male friend.

Noun

my dear fellow

  1. (informal) Term of address for a male friend.
  2. (informal) Used to express sympathy to a man.
    • The men said ‘My dear fellow,’ and did nothing.1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 198

Questions about my dear fellow

What does my dear fellow mean?
My dear fellow means term of address for a male friend.
What part of speech is my dear fellow?
My dear fellow is a noun.

Words near my dear fellow in the dictionary

  1. my condom broke
  2. my conscience
  3. my country, right or wrong
  4. my culture is not your costume
  5. my day
  6. my dear fellow
  7. my dog ate my homework
  8. my emphasis
  9. my enemy's enemy is my friend
  10. my eye
  11. my eyeball

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