Meanings
feller1
plural fellers
- A person who fells trees; a lumberjack
- A machine for felling trees.
- A person who fells a seam.
- An appliance to a sewing machine for felling a seam.
feller2
plural fellers
- nonstandardNonstandard form of fellow.
Old Lady: 'HOLLER AT THAT FELLER IN THE CHEST DOWNSTAIRS. IF Y'NEED CARDS, HE'S YER MAIN MAN, HEH HEH!'
2019 December 10, Yacht Club Games, Shovel Knight: King of Cards, Nintendo 3DS, level/area: House of Joustus1 more example
There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […]”
1899, Stephen Crane, chapter 1, in Twelve O'Clock
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Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
feller · noun
- Middle Englishfellere
- Englishfeller
From Middle English fellere, feller; equivalent to fell + -er.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →feller · noun
Variant of fellow that reflects the reduction of the last vowel to a schwa and its conflation with the endings -er/-ar.
Full word history & related roots →Feller · proper noun
Likely an occupational surname from English feller (“one who fells trees; a lumberjack”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish moto, saumuri
- motomachine for felling trees
- saumuriappliance to a sewing machine
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Cite this entry
feller. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feller
“feller.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feller. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “feller,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feller.
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