yokefellow

American  

[yohk-fel-oh] / ˈyoʊkˌfɛl oʊ /

Also yokemate

noun

1. an associate or companion, especially at work; partner.

2. a spouse.

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yokefellow British  

/ ˈjəʊkˌfɛləʊ /

noun

1. archaic a working companion

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Etymology

Origin of yokefellow

1520–30; yoke ¹ + fellow, translation of Greek sýzygos

Example Sentences

To yoke me as his yokefellow, our crimes our common cause.

From Ulysses by Joyce, James

It grieveth me much, that I want time and freedom of mind to discourse with thee, my faithful yokefellow, in those things which thy sweet letters offer me so plentiful occasion for.

From Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent by Clement, J. (Jesse)

Yes, one: the same grim yokefellow whose delight it is 'to gather roses in the spring' paid ghastly court to her faded charms, and won her—who shall say an unwilling bride?

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 421 Volume 17, New Series, January 24, 1852 by Chambers, William

"Let not Greece," said he, "be lamed, and thus Athens herself be deprived of her yokefellow."

From General History for Colleges and High Schools by Myers, Philip Van Ness

Scholars have yet to work out the extent to which Freemasonry, yokefellow of deism, reinforced free thought and was one of the subversive forces breaking down colonial orthodoxy.

From Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes by Jorgenson, Chester E.