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Vinony

feller

noun

No English definition recorded for this entry.

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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English fell English -er English feller From fell + -er.

  1. comparative form of fell: more fell

name

Etymology: Likely an occupational surname from English feller (“one who fells trees; a lumberjack”).

  1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: Variant of fellow that reflects the reduction of the last vowel to a schwa and its conflation with the endings -er/-ar.

  1. Nonstandard form of fellow.

    “There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […]””

    “Old Lady: 'HOLLER AT THAT FELLER IN THE CHEST DOWNSTAIRS. IF Y'NEED CARDS, HE'S YER MAIN MAN, HEH HEH!'”