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.[1]

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ “feller” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Etymology 3

fell +‎ -er

Adjective

feller

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

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Adjective

feller

  1. Comparative form of fel

Latin

Verb

feller

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of fellō

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

feller m, f

  1. indefinite plural of felle

Verb

feller

  1. present tense of felle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

feller f

  1. plural indefinite of felle

Verb

feller

  1. present tense of fella
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