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class fellow

class fellow

2.7
A person who is in the same class at school or university as you
  • noun
  • Indian
translation icon : compañero de clase
  • He became good friends with his class fellow during their first year at university.

Examples

  • She helped her class fellow catch up on the assignments after he was absent.

  • My class fellow helped me with my homework.

  • Each class fellow was invited to the reunion ten years after graduation.

  • Did you see that class fellow in the library?

  • He became good friends with his class fellow during their first year at university.

  • Each class fellow was invited to the reunion ten years after graduation.

  • She helped her class fellow catch up on the assignments after he was absent.

Synonyms

classmate
vsclass fellow
179 1.0

A person in the same class at school or university

is the two word expression for the same person
compañero
vsclass fellow
7.6

A person who studies with you in the same class

is more specific to someone in the same class rather than just attending classes
classman
vsclass fellow
4.6

A student in the same class at school or college

specifies someone in the same class, not merely in the same year

Surface Forms

class fellow singular
class fellows plural

Morphology

class + fellow

The meaning is directly compositional: 'class' (the course or group of students) combined with 'fellow' (a person belonging to the same group) yields 'a person who attends the same class.' This follows a regular, cross-linguistically common noun+noun formation (cf. 'classmate'), so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Class fellow comes from a simple picture: class, your group at school, and fellow, a person with you in that group. So it means 'a person who attends the same class as you'.