schoolfellow
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of schoolfellow
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at school 1, fellow
Example Sentences
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This letter was the last written in ink to her schoolfellow: Haworth, January 19th, 1855.
From Charlotte Bront? A Monograph by Reid, T. Wemyss
In the eyes of her schoolfellow she was the model of all human excellence.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various
The desire in after life to meet with an old schoolfellow is seldom prompted by a higher motive than a curiosity to learn his success in the world.
From The Emigrant's Lost Son or, Life Alone in the Forest by Anonymous
I got back to Oxford just in time for the festival dinner of the Canning and Chatham Clubs, at which my old schoolfellow Alfred Lyttelton, Hugh Cecil, and other Tory notabilities, were guests.
From A New Medley of Memories by Hunter-Blair, David
It was no other than young Arthur, our old schoolfellow, from Kentucky.
From The Kentuckian in New-York, Volume I (of 2) or, The Adventures of Three Southerns by Caruthers, William Alexander
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