schoolfellow
schoolfellow noun: synonym of schoolmate: a student at the same school.
Noun
schoolfellow (plural schoolfellows)
- Synonym of schoolmate: a student at the same school.
- My brothers were considerably younger than myself; but I had a friend in one of my schoolfellows, who compensated for this deficiency.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...
- “You listened to what your two schoolfellows were saying about you.”1952, C. S. Lewis, chapter 10, in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Collins, published 1998
- Synonyms:
- schoolmate
schoolfellow meaning in Tamil
schoolfellow in Tamil
- பள்ளித்தோழர், சகபாடி
Synonyms of schoolfellow
Forms of schoolfellow
| plural | schoolfellows |
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Origin of schoolfellow
From school + fellow.
Questions about schoolfellow
- What does schoolfellow mean?
- Schoolfellow means synonym of schoolmate: a student at the same school.
- What is schoolfellow in Tamil?
- Schoolfellow in Tamil is பள்ளித்தோழர், சகபாடி. See Schoolfellow meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is schoolfellow?
- Schoolfellow is a noun.
- What is the plural of schoolfellow?
- The plural of schoolfellow is schoolfellows.
Words near schoolfellow in the dictionary
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