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playfellow

/ˈpleɪˌfɛləʊ/

playfellow noun: a playmate; a companion for someone (especially children) to play with.

Noun

playfellow (plural playfellows)

  1. (dated) A playmate; a companion for someone (especially children) to play with.
    • From this time Elizabeth Lavenza became my playfellow, and, as we grew older, my friend.1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter I, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume I, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding...
    • "Linton is just six months younger than I am," […] "How delightful it will be to have him for a playfellow!"1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], chapter V, in Wuthering Heights: […], volume II, London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC, page 101

playfellow meaning in Bengali

playfellow in Bengali

খেলার সাথী

Examples of playfellow in a sentence

  • Now she was within ten feet of the two unsuspecting little playfellows—carefully she drew her hind feet well up beneath her body, the great muscles rolling under the beautiful skin.1912 October, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Tarzan of the Apes”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as “The...
  • "I’ve brought you a new playfellow," the Fairy said.1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New...

Forms of playfellow

pluralplayfellows

Origin of playfellow

From play + fellow.

Words formed from playfellow

Questions about playfellow

What does playfellow mean?
Playfellow means a playmate; a companion for someone (especially children) to play with.
What is playfellow in Bengali?
Playfellow in Bengali is খেলার সাথী. See Playfellow meaning in Bengali.
How do you use playfellow in a sentence?
Now she was within ten feet of the two unsuspecting little playfellows—carefully she drew her hind feet well up beneath her body, the great muscles rolling under the beautiful skin.
What part of speech is playfellow?
Playfellow is a noun.
How do you pronounce playfellow?
Playfellow is pronounced /ˈpleɪˌfɛləʊ/.
What is the plural of playfellow?
The plural of playfellow is playfellows.

Words near playfellow in the dictionary

  1. Playfair's axiom
  2. Playfair's axioms
  3. playfairite
  4. playfeer
  5. playfeers
  6. playfellow
  7. playfellows
  8. playfellowship
  9. playfield
  10. playfields
  11. playfight

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Adapted from Wiktionary: playfellow (page history and authors); playfellow (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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