schoolfellow
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of schoolfellow
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; school 1, fellow
Example Sentences
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“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 Fenn, George Manville
It is commonly, but as I think, hastily, supposed that a child's love of her doll is the same affection which will be fixed hereafter on a schoolfellow, on her parents, and on suffering fellow-creatures.
From Household Education by Martineau, Harriet
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
Your cousin is going on a visit to a married schoolfellow, who is her senior by two or three years, and who, I understand, was the most exemplary pupil Miss Pruins ever had.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, September 9, 1893 by Various
Lady Oxford had invited her father, Rose said, as a schoolfellow of my lord's, and had asked, too, for the daughter's company.
From Parson Kelly by Lang, Andrew
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