my dear fellow

noun

Term of address for a male friend.

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Meanings

noun
  1. informalTerm of address for a male friend.
  2. informalUsed to express sympathy to a man.

    The men said ‘My dear fellow,’ and did nothing.

    1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 198
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “my dear fellow,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/my%20dear%20fellow.

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