my dear fellow

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• my dear fellow — my precious friend, my dear comrade …   English contemporary dictionary

• dear —    This has been one of the commonest terms of address in English since the thirteenth century. In a count of fifty novels dealing with fairly contemporary life, ‘dear’ used on its own as a friendly term occurred 243 times. There were a further… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

• dear — [[t]dɪ͟ə(r)[/t]] ♦♦♦ dearer, dearest, dears 1) ADJ: ADJ n You use dear to describe someone or something that you feel affection for. Mrs Cavendish is a dear friend of mine... At last I am back at my dear little desk. 2) ADJ GRADED: v link ADJ to… …   English dictionary

• fellow —    The original sense of this word was business partner, but by the fourteenth century it also had the meaning of companion in a more general sense. It became the usual way of addressing a male servant, and at first would have been thought to be… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

• fellow */*/ — I UK [ˈfeləʊ] / US [ˈfeloʊ] noun [countable] Word forms fellow : singular fellow plural fellows 1) a) old fashioned a man a nice young fellow b) used for talking to a man in a friendly way My dear fellow, how are you? 2) a member of a… …   English dictionary

• fellow — fel|low1 [ felou ] adjective only before noun ** used for talking about people who are similar to you or in the same situation as you: fellow students/pupils/workers etc.: Discuss your experiences with a fellow student. fellow… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• fellow — 1 noun (C) 1 old fashioned a man: Paul s an easy going sort of fellow. 2 old fashioned a friendly way of addressing a man: Hello my dear fellow! 3 old fashioned your/his etc fellows the people who you work with, go to school with etc: He s much… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• fellow — /ˈfɛloʊ / (say feloh), /ˈfɛlə / (say feluh) noun 1. Colloquial a man or boy. 2. Colloquial a suitor; boyfriend. 3. Also, fella. a person: good fellow; proper fellow. 4. a companion; comrade: my dear fellow. 5. someone belonging to the same class; …  

• fellow — n. 1 colloq. a man or boy (poor fellow!; my dear fellow). 2 derog. a person regarded with contempt. 3 (usu. in pl.) a person associated with another; a comrade (were separated from their fellows). 4 a counterpart or match; the other of a pair. 5… …   Useful english dictionary

• Dear colleague letter — For other uses, see Dear colleague letter (United States). A dear colleague letter is a letter sent by one member of a legislative body to all fellow members, usually describing a new bill and asking for cosponsors or seeking to influence the… …   Wikipedia

• Martin Dear — First appearance Caroline s First Day Last appearance The Special Portrayed by Karl Theobald Information Gender Male …   Wikipedia