yokefellow

[ yohk-fel-oh ]

noun

1. an associate or companion, especially at work; partner.
2. a spouse.

yokefellow

/ ˈjəʊkˌfɛləʊ /

noun

1. archaic.
   a working companion

Word History and Origins

Origin of yokefellow¹

1520–30; yoke ¹ + fellow, translation of Greek sýzygos

Example Sentences

The theme of the miracle and of the songs alike is the revolt against asceticism, the revolt of the body, which knows how short its beauty and its life, against the spirit which lives forever, and yet will not allow its poor yokefellow one little hour.

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It grieveth me much, that I want time and freedom of mind to discourse with thee, my faithful yokefellow, in those things which thy sweet letters offer me so plentiful occasion for.

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“Exactly; only let me select my yokefellow,” Clarence said, laughing.

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Scholars have yet to work out the extent to which Freemasonry, yokefellow of deism, reinforced free thought and was one of the subversive forces breaking down colonial orthodoxy.

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And finding in the process of ill days What part had Zeus herein, and how as mate He coped with Hades, yokefellow in sin, I set my lips against the meat of gods And drank not neither ate or slept in heaven.

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