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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
fella
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ He's a very very pleasant young fella.
▪ Help us out here, fellas.
▪ They were just going to be over there on the other side of the lake, some of the fellas.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
fella

attempt at phonetic spelling of a casual pronunciation of fellow (n.), attested by 1864 (as fellah). Feller, along the same lines, is recorded by 1825. Earlier, Pope rhymes fellow with prunella ("Essay on Man," epistle IV).

Wiktionary
fella

n. 1 (eye dialect of fellow English) 2 (context informal English) (non-gloss definition: used to address a male)

WordNet
fella

n. a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at the door"; "he's a likable cuss" [syn: chap, fellow, feller, lad, gent, blighter, cuss]

Wikipedia
Fella

Fella may refer to:

  • Fella-Werke, a German agricultural machine manufacturer
  • Fella (river), a river in Italy
  • Fella Ababsa (born 1961), Algerian singer, pianist and performer
  • Edward Fella (born 1938), American graphic designer, artist and educator
  • "Fella", the official deviantArt mascot
  • "Fella" as a social slur. The word derives from the Arabic word Fellah for "ploughman" or "tiller" whom dwells in mud huts and defecates in holes. Whilst not considered derogatory when used by higher echelons of Egyptian society the term quickly became a racial slur within the ranks of the British Army during the second World War especially in the El Alamein region of Egypt. The modern usage of Fella is today considered rude and offensive to soldiers. It infers that they are of a lesser social standing than that of their officers. Whilst this may be true, the ‘men’ prefer to not be reminded of it.

Usage examples of "fella".

As I grew older, I realised it was Aboriginal music, like some black fellas were having a corroboree just for me.

I can see how a fella might come from some other place an' not know no better, but Willy belongs.

Thus, fella, in beche de mer, means all that piecee does and quite a bit more, and is used continually in every possible connection.

I wonder if it was that Mcentire woman or one of her men who hired that fella to bushwhack you?

This here fella came out with his water can and the hider sniped him neat.

Between what McCarthy told us and what the nosey staff up above in the Shelbourne say, we have a rough-and-ready Identikit of this fella.

Huston, jus' when these here fellas moved in, somebody give a whistle.

Patrick Leyne Shaughnessy had seriously pissed off some unemployed, restless, and angry young fellas, men very goddamned fed up of hearing about a booming economy, fed up of watching tourists pulling endless amounts of cash out of their wallets.

Now this Freeman fella was holding his nose, for a fine fee too no doubt, and trying to engineer another inside track for Leyne to get to Inspector Minogue.

Four of the more interesting are The Church of Mechanology, The Daughters of the Unseeable Upness, Big Box Fella, He Come, and The Midnight Growlers.

Those Numerary fellas seem to be dug in deep and I had the impression that it was a one-way street.

I was right pleased that the host of the workshop was Isaiah Barwood, a colored fella from Alabama.

An interview with a recent parolee was in progress in Crumlin station, Murtagh had told him, and it looked like the fella was spoken for.

Now, as I understand it, this Wyrm fella is sorta like a mix-up between Satan and Jack the Ripper, with all the charm of Adolf Hitler.

A few months back I made a trade with a fella taking actuators to Threshold.