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schoolfellows

schoolfellows is the plural of schoolfellow.

Meaning of schoolfellow

Noun

schoolfellow (plural schoolfellows)

  1. 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...
    Synonyms:
    schoolmate

Questions about schoolfellows

What is schoolfellows the plural of?
Schoolfellows is the plural of schoolfellow.

Words near schoolfellows in the dictionary

  1. schoolest
  2. schooleth
  3. Schooley
  4. Schooleys
  5. schoolfellow
  6. schoolfellows
  7. schoolfellowship
  8. Schoolfield
  9. Schoolfields
  10. schoolfriend
  11. schoolfriends

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