schoolfellow

[ skool-fel-oh ]

noun

1. a schoolmate.

Word History and Origins

Origin of schoolfellow¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; school ¹, fellow

Example Sentences

Are you so fond of this schoolfellow, or do you find home dull?'

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At the far end of the room, before a high desk, sate Frank's Eton schoolfellow, the eldest son.

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We get our fun either by chatting gaily to each other, or by enjoying the society of a favorite schoolfellow.

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He was greatly struck with the change in Venturita, the child he had seen skipping to school on the arm of a schoolfellow.

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I found my old schoolfellow in bed in a room over an oil-shop in a back street at the foot of Highgate Hill.

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