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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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
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
Many years ago I had a schoolfellow and bosom friend whom I knew as Billy, but whose name as it stood in the Register was William Xavier Plosive.
From All Men are Ghosts by L. P. (Lawrence Pearsall) Jacks
In literature Borrow had but one schoolfellow, who afterwards came to distinction—James Martineau.
From The Life of George Borrow by Clement K. Shorter
Vespucci speaks of him as having been his schoolfellow, and as being, at the time the letter was written, in a high official position at Florence.
From The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career by Bartolom? de las Casas
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