feller

feller · noun¹

1. Middle English · inherited fromfellere
2. English todayfeller

From Middle English fellere, feller; equivalent to fell + -er.

feller · noun²

Variant of fellow that reflects the reduction of the last vowel to a schwa and its conflation with the endings -er/-ar.

feller · adjective³

From fell + -er.

Feller · proper noun⁴

Likely an occupational surname from English feller (“one who fells trees; a lumberjack”).