Odd Fellow

American  

Or Oddfellow

noun

1. a member of a social and benevolent society that originated in England in the 18th century.

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Other Word Forms

• Oddfellowship noun

Etymology

Origin of Odd Fellow

First recorded in 1785–95

Example Sentences

No unmarried woman from the U. S. Far West was presented, but for the State of Washington curtsied Mrs. Clarence C. Dill, wife of the Senator who is an Odd Fellow, Mason, Moose, Elk.

From Time Magazine Archive

Later he became a 32 degree Mason, a Shriner, an Odd Fellow, a Maccabee. an Eagle, and finally Secretary of State.

From Time Magazine Archive

Senator Davis is a Moose, Mason, member of the Mystic Shrine and the Grotto, Knight of Pythias, Odd Fellow, Elk, Eagle, Forester, and a member of "many other fraternal orders."

From Time Magazine Archive

Odd Fellow, he is married, has two daughters, is rated a "good fellow."

From Time Magazine Archive

Murphy   0 J. J. Merrill’s b c Odd Fellow, by Longfellow, dam Magnolia, 100 lbs.,

From History of the Kentucky Derby, 1875-1921 by O'Connor, John Lawrence