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feller - What does it mean?

Definition of 'feller'

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A person who fells trees; a lumberjack
  • A machine for felling trees.
  • An appliance to a sewing machine for felling a seam.

    • Etymology 2

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

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • *{{quote-book|year=1899|author=(Stephen Crane)
    • |title=|chapter=1 |passage=There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […].”}}
    Derived terms
    * blackfeller * whitefeller

    See also

    * fellow, fellar, fella, fellah

    References

    Etymology 3

    The adjective fell'' + ''-er .

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (archaic) (fell)

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    Similar to 'feller'

    flower, floor, feeler, fleur, flour, fleer, flyer, flier, fuller, fowler, filler, fluor, flair, fouler, filer, faller, foliar, fooler, flayer, foller, filar, flowier, failer, folar, foiler, fueler, fellar, folier