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SCHOOLFELLOW
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An acquaintance that you go to school with
Synonyms:
class fellow; classmate; schoolfellow; schoolmate
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("schoolfellow" is a kind of...):
acquaintance; friend (a person with whom you are acquainted)
Context examples:
After I had written to my aunt and told her of my fortunate meeting with my admired old schoolfellow, and my acceptance of his invitation, we went out in a hackney-chariot, and saw a Panorama and some other sights, and took a walk through the Museum, where I could not help observing how much Steerforth knew, on an infinite variety of subjects, and of how little account he seemed to make his knowledge.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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