feller
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle English fellere, feller; equivalent to fell + -er.
Noun
[edit]feller (plural fellers)
- A person who fells trees; a lumberjack
- A machine for felling trees.
- A person who fells a seam.
- An appliance to a sewing machine for felling a seam.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]lumberjack — see lumberjack
Etymology 2
[edit]Variant of fellow that reflects the reduction of the last vowel to a schwa and its conflation with the endings -er/-ar.[1]
Noun
[edit]feller (plural fellers)
- Nonstandard form of fellow.
- 1899, Stephen Crane, chapter 1, in Twelve O'Clock:
- 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 […] ”
- 2019 December 10, Yacht Club Games, Shovel Knight: King of Cards, Nintendo 3DS, level/area: House of Joustus:
- Old Lady: 'HOLLER AT THAT FELLER IN THE CHEST DOWNSTAIRS. IF Y'NEED CARDS, HE'S YER MAIN MAN, HEH HEH!'
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “feller”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Etymology 3
[edit]Etymology tree
Adjective
[edit]feller
- (archaic) comparative form of fell: more fell
Anagrams
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]feller
Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]fēller
Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]feller
- alternative form of fellere
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Noun
[edit]feller m or f
Verb
[edit]feller
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]feller f
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]feller
Categories:
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nonstandard forms
- English terms with quotations
- English terms suffixed with -er (comparative)
- English non-lemma forms
- English comparative adjectives
- English terms with archaic senses
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛlər
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛlər/2 syllables
- Dutch non-lemma forms
- Dutch adjective forms
- Dutch comparative adjectives
- Latin non-lemma forms
- Latin verb forms
- Middle English variant lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Bokmål noun forms
- Norwegian Bokmål verb forms
- Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Nynorsk noun forms
- Norwegian Nynorsk verb forms