fellowship en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈfɛl.ə(ʊ).ʃɪp/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈfɛl.oʊ.ʃɪp/ (General-American)
- /feˈloː.ʃɪp/ (India)
- /ˈfel.loː.ʃɪp/ (India)
- /ˈfɛl.ə.ʃɪp/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Middle English felowschipe, felawshipe, felaȝschyp, equivalent to fellow + -ship; or perhaps adapted from Old Norse félagskapr, félagsskapr (“fellowship”). Compare Icelandic félagsskapur (“companionship, company, community”), Danish fællesskab (“fellowship”), Norwegian fellesskap (“fellowship”), and Old Swedish fælaghskap (“fellowship”)
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A company of people that share the same interest or aim.
The Fellowship of the Ring
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(countable, dated, uncountable) Company, companions; a group of people or things following another.
[…]But then the mind much ſufferance doth or'e ſcip, When griefe hath mates,and bearing fellowſhip : How light and portable my paine ſeemes now, When that which makes me bend, makes the King bow, He childed as I fathered,Tom away, Marke the high noyſes and thy ſelfe bewray,[…]
c. 1603–1606 (date written), [William Shakespeare], […] His True Chronicle Historie of the Life and Death of King Lear and His Three Daughters. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Nathaniel Butter, […], published 1608, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]:
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(countable, uncountable) A feeling of friendship, relatedness or connection between people.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
A King thou art by name, and a King of good fellovvſhippe by nature, vvhereby I ominate this Encomion of the king of fiſhes vvas predeſtinate to thee from thy ſvvadling clothes.
1599, [Thomas] Nashe, “[The Epistle Dedicatorie]”, in Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC:
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(countable, uncountable) A merit-based scholarship.
There is a significant investment in scholarships and fellowships and traineeships, so that we are also making sure that we’re investing in domestic work force.
2021 May 18, Catie Edmondson, quoting Debbie Altenburg, “Senate Weighs Investing $120 Billion in Science to Counter China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:It will go toward 20 full-tuition fellowships for students of color, as well as to endow the initiative in perpetuity, provide relief for the existing scholarship fund and bring in artists of color as visiting faculty over the next five years.
2021 May 20, Hilarie M. Sheets, “A Utopian Art School in Michigan Looks Back and Ahead”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- (countable, uncountable) A temporary position at an academic institution with limited teaching duties and ample time for research.
- (countable, uncountable) A period of supervised, sub-specialty medical training in the United States and Canada that a physician may undertake after completing a specialty training program or residency.
- (archaic, countable, uncountable) The proportional division of profit and loss among partners.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fellowships | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
communing · companionship · internship · traineeship · residency
Deriveds
right hand of fellowship · good-fellowship · disfellowship
Synonyms
Translations (66)
uk стипе́ндія (A merit-based scholarship) · el συντροφιά (Company of people that shares the same interest or aim) · pam pamiabe (Company of people that shares the same interest or aim) · pt irmandade (Company of people that shares the same interest or aim) · fr fraternité (Company of people that shares the same interest or aim) · nl beurs (A merit-based scholarship) · it fratellanza (A feeling of friendship) · pl asysta (Company of people that shares the same interest or aim) · eo kunuleco (A feeling of friendship) · es beca (A merit-based scholarship) · fi ystävyys (A feeling of friendship) · da kammeratskab (Company of people that shares the same interest or aim) · enm felaweschipe (Company of people that shares the same interest or aim) · ru содру́жество (Company of people that shares the same interest or aim) · nl genootschap (Company of people that shares the same interest or aim) · da fællesskab (A feeling of friendship) · uk бра́тство (Company of people that shares the same interest or aim) · bg дружба (A feeling of friendship) · nb fellesskap (Company of people that shares the same interest or aim) · bg другарство (A feeling of friendship) · sv gemenskap (Company of people that shares the same interest or aim) · ru соо́бщество (Company of people that shares the same interest or aim) · mi whakahoahoatanga (A feeling of friendship) · de Kameradschaft (Company of people that shares the same interest or aim) · yi חבֿרותא (Company of people that shares the same interest or aim) · enm felawerede (Company of people that shares the same interest or aim) · hu ösztöndíj (A merit-based scholarship) · nl gezelschap (Company of people that shares the same interest or aim) · de Gemeinschaft (Company of people that shares the same interest or aim) · ota رفیقلق (Company of people that shares the same interest or aim) · ru това́рищество (A feeling of friendship) · uk брате́рство (A feeling of friendship) · bg дружина (Company of people that shares the same interest or aim) · ru това́рищество (Company of people that shares the same interest or aim) · mi whakawhiwhinga tūranga (A merit-based scholarship) · es confraternidad (Company of people that shares the same interest or aim) · tl samahan (Company of people that shares the same interest or aim) · fr confrérie (Company of people that shares the same interest or aim) · fr camaraderie (A feeling of friendship) · pl asystencja (Company of people that shares the same interest or aim) · hi अनुयायी (Company of people that shares the same interest or aim) · ru дру́жба (A feeling of friendship) · ml കൂട്ടായ്മ (Company of people that shares the same interest or aim) · fr bourse d'études (A merit-based scholarship) · enm felaweschipe (A feeling of friendship) · eo kunularo (Company of people that shares the same interest or aim) · da fællesskab (Company of people that shares the same interest or aim) · ru бра́тство (Company of people that shares the same interest or aim) · got 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌿𐌸𐍃 (Company of people that shares the same interest or aim) · fr bourse d'étude (A merit-based scholarship) · he חברותא (Company of people that shares the same interest or aim) · fi stipendi (A merit-based scholarship) · fi seura (Company of people that shares the same interest or aim) · id persekutuan (Company of people that shares the same interest or aim) · el υποτροφία (A merit-based scholarship) · el συναδελφικότητα (A feeling of friendship) · it fratellanza (Company of people that shares the same interest or aim) · ota یولداشلق (Company of people that shares the same interest or aim) · he חברותא (A feeling of friendship) · ml സഖ്യം (Company of people that shares the same interest or aim) · el αδελφότητα (Company of people that shares the same interest or aim) · bg изследователска стипендия (A merit-based scholarship) · fr bourse (A merit-based scholarship) · grc κοινωνία (Company of people that shares the same interest or aim) · bg задруга (Company of people that shares the same interest or aim) · uk товари́ство (Company of people that shares the same interest or aim)