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feller.

A person who fells trees; a lumberjack

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A person who fells trees; a lumberjack

  2. A machine for felling trees.

  3. A person who fells a seam.

  4. An appliance to a sewing machine for felling a seam.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English fellere, feller; equivalent to fell + -er.

noun
  1. Nonstandard form of fellow.

    alt-of · nonstandard
Where this word comes from

Variant of fellow that reflects the reduction of the last vowel to a schwa and its conflation with the endings -er/-ar.

adj
  1. comparative form of fell: more fell

    archaic · comparative · form-of
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English fell Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Germanic *-izô Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō Proto-Germanic *-ōzô Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō Old English -ra Middle English -ere English -er English feller From fell + -er.

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