The Collaborative International Dictionary
Yokefellow \Yoke"fel`low\, n. [Yoke + fellow.]
An associate or companion in, or as in; a mate; a fellow;
especially, a partner in marriage.
--Phil. iv. 3.
The two languages [English and French] became
yokefellows in a still more intimate manner.
--Earle.
Those who have most distinguished themselves by railing
at the sex, very often choose one of the most worthless
for a companion and yokefellow.
--Addison.
Wiktionary
n. (context archaic English) A companion.
Usage examples of "yokefellow".
Jean de Luz, if Riette would consent to reside there, Lord Fleetwood's absence and the neighbourhood of the war were reckoned on to preserve his yokefellow from any fit of the abominated softness which she had felt in one premonitory tremor during their late interview, and deemed it vile compared with the life of action and service beside, almost beside, her brother, sharing his dangers at least.
You couldn't have had better yokefellows, for the Fox understood what Bardia did not, and neither cared a straw for his own dignity or advancement when my needs were in question.