schoolfellow
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of schoolfellow
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at school 1, fellow
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What was my astonishment on responding personally to his convulsive "b'bang," to recognize under the gold-banded hat and red-collared coat of that peripatetic official the gentlemanly figure and features of my old schoolfellow Griffith Maclean!
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 by Various
In literature Borrow had but one schoolfellow, who afterwards came to distinction—James Martineau.
From The Life of George Borrow by Clement K. Shorter
“That!” whispered Helen, catching her schoolfellow tightly by the arm as she wrenched her into position, so that she could look out of the little flower-decked window.
From One Maid's Mischief by George Manville Fenn
“I’m sure it’s very kind of ye to think so well o’ your schoolfellow, but I’m no’ so sure.
From One Maid's Mischief by George Manville Fenn
The earl was twice lord chamberlain to Queen Victoria, and he is celebrated as “Fair Euryalus” in the Childish Recollections of his schoolfellow, Lord Byron.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various
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