FELLAH (fellaheen, fellahin)

Pronunciation (US):

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Irregular inflected forms: fellaheen    , fellahin   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does fellah mean? 

• FELLAH (noun)
  The noun FELLAH has 1 sense:

1. an agricultural laborer in Arab countries

  Familiarity information: FELLAH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FELLAH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An agricultural laborer in Arab countries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("fellah" is a kind of...):

peasant (one of a (chiefly European) class of agricultural laborers)

 Context examples 

So you can make up your soul, young fellah my lad, for it will be one way or the other before evenin'.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I think you have had the escape of your life, young fellah my lad.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Well, now, young fellah, I'll tell you what will surprise you.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Load them all up, young fellah my lad, for we're not going to be taken alive, and don't you think it!

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Above all, never let them get you prisoner while there is a cartridge left—that's my last word to you, young fellah.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"But you've had the escape of your life, young fellah my lad," said Lord Roxton.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As to you, young fellah, you, of course, will spend yours in gettin' married.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"No use, young fellah," said Lord John, with his finger on the chart.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"Well, young fellah," said he, "who would have thought of meetin' you up here?"

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

What do you say, young fellah?

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)