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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She was an old schoolfellow of hers, who had been recently married.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various
“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
This letter was the last written in ink to her schoolfellow: Haworth, January 19th, 1855.
From Charlotte Bront? A Monograph by T. Wemyss Reid
He was greatly struck with the change in Venturita, the child he had seen skipping to school on the arm of a schoolfellow.
From The Fourth Estate, vol.1 by Armando Palacio Vald?s
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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