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SCHOOLFELLOW

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An acquaintance that you go to school with

Synonyms:

class fellow; classmate; schoolfellow; schoolmate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("schoolfellow" is a kind of...):

acquaintance; friend (a person with whom you are acquainted)

Credits

 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)