fellers

English translation: fellow / bloke

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English term or phrase:feller
Selected answer:fellow / bloke
Entered by: Jennifer Levey

22:16 Aug 23, 2017
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Games / Video Games / Gaming / Casino / Video Games
English term or phrase: fellers
Aimee, I saw two scared >> fellers
Ahmed Shalabi
fellows / blokes
Explanation:
A few words worth googling here:

'feller' is a non-standard spelling of "fellow", meaning (male) person, "bloke" or (in some contexts but probably not here) "comrade".

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Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 18:24
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Thank you guys, you have been a great help.
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4 +9fellows / blokes
Jennifer Levey
2 -1tree cutters..woodchoppers. lumberjacks
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56 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
fellows / blokes


Explanation:
A few words worth googling here:

'feller' is a non-standard spelling of "fellow", meaning (male) person, "bloke" or (in some contexts but probably not here) "comrade".



Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 18:24
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Grading comment
Thank you guys, you have been a great help.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Domini Lucas
9 mins

agree  Catharine Cellier-Smart
5 hrs

agree  Edith Kelly
5 hrs

agree  Charles Davis: Unless it means people who cut down trees (a very old joke).
5 hrs

agree  JaneTranslates: @Charles Davis I did actually check in on this question just in case it was something odd like a tree-feller, and not just a colloquial-spelling issue.
6 hrs

agree  Herbmione Granger: I think it's just a regional pronunciation of "fella." http://www.thefreedictionary.com/fella Watch "Goodfellas" for research purposes :) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099685/
9 hrs

agree  Yvonne Gallagher
21 hrs

agree  Jack Doughty
21 hrs

agree  acetran
14 days
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): -1
tree cutters..woodchoppers. lumberjacks


Explanation:
fellers => tree cutters..woodchoppers. lumberjacks

Noun 1. feller - a person who fells trees
feller - a person who fells trees
faller, logger, lumberjack, lumberman
laborer, labourer, manual laborer, jack - someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
scorer - a logger who marks trees to be felled

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 18:24
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Edith Kelly: no, not in this context
1 hr
  -> How do you know ?? - there is NO context
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