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Definition of Feller
1. Noun. A person who fells trees.
Specialized synonyms: Bunyan, Paul Bunyan
Generic synonyms: Jack, Laborer, Labourer, Manual Laborer
Specialized synonyms: Scorer
Derivative terms: Fell, Log
2. Noun. A boy or man. "He's a good bloke"
Generic synonyms: Male, Male Person
Specialized synonyms: Dog
Definition of Feller
1. n. One who, or that which, fells, knocks or cuts down; a machine for felling trees.
2. n. An appliance to a sewing machine for felling a seam.
Definition of Feller
1. Noun. A person who fells trees; a lumberjack ¹
2. Noun. An appliance to a sewing machine for felling a seam. ¹
3. Noun. (eye dialect fellow) ¹
4. Adjective. (archaic) (comparative of fell) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Feller
1. one that fells [n -S] - See also: fells
Medical Definition of Feller
1. One who, or that which, fells, knocks or cuts down; a machine for felling trees. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Feller
| felled felled seam feller (current term) feller-buncher feller buncher fellers fellest fellies fellifluous felling | fellinic fellmonger fellmongered fellmongeries fellmongering fellmongerings fellmongers |
Literary usage of Feller
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1909)
"All dat I got on de whole plantation, All dat I love in de whole creation— In de
roun', green worl', or de big blue skies, Is a fat HT feller wid his ..."
2. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1896)
"An' in walked a tall, slim feller with a pale, patient face, but a persistent
look to him, as though he wasn't one to be trifled with. ..."
3. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1896)
"«I TELL ye, boys, hit hain't often a feller has the chance o' doin' so much good
... Tom already had a houseful, but 'f any feller got the bigges' hunk o' ..."
4. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1892)
"And so the feller took the. box, and put up his forty dollars along with Smiley's,
... and him and the feller touched up the frogs from behind, ..."
5. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1915)
""Him," says the feller and pointed to me. "And not a shot—patrols 'd be here in
ten minutes." Then we rushed the door. I laid my gun flat in my hand and met ..."
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