pewfellow

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noun

Someone who occupies the same pew as another.

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Meanings

nounpewfellow (plural pewfellows)

plural pewfellows

  1. Someone who occupies the same pew as another.
  2. obsoleteAn intimate associate; a companion.

    […] makes her pew-fellow with others' moan!

    c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]

Origin

From pew + fellow.

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APA

pewfellow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pewfellow

MLA

“pewfellow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pewfellow. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pewfellow,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pewfellow.

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