feller

English

Etymology 1

fell +‎ -er

Noun

feller (plural fellers)

1. A person who fells trees; a lumberjack
2. A machine for felling trees.
3. An appliance to a sewing machine for felling a seam.

Etymology 2

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

Noun

feller (plural fellers)

1. Eye dialect spelling 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 […] ”

Derived terms

• blackfeller
• whitefeller

See also

• fellow, fellar, fella, fellah

Etymology 3

fell +‎ -er

Adjective

feller

1. (archaic) comparative form of fell: more fell

Anagrams

• Lefler, refell

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛlər

Adjective

feller

1. (deprecated template usage) Comparative form of fel

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) fēller

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of fēllō

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

feller m or f

1. indefinite plural of felle

Verb

feller

1. present of felle

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

feller f

1. plural indefinite of felle

Verb

feller

1. present of fella