yokefellow
Americannoun
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an associate or companion, especially at work; partner.
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a spouse.
noun
Etymology
Origin of yokefellow
Example Sentences
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A gaunt, brown dog, of middle size, was his yokefellow.
From Black Forest Village Stories by Auerbach, Berthold
Yee and I beseech thee faithful yokefellow, help the women which laboured with me in the gospell, and with Clement also, and with other my labourfellows, whose names are in the book of life.
From The first New Testament printed in English by
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.
At New Brunswick he saw and heard with profound admiration Gilbert Tennent, thenceforth his friend and yokefellow.
From A History of American Christianity by Bacon, Leonard Woolsey
The yokefellow referred to was supposed by some to have been the husband of one of the women, while others think that he was some eminent minister.
From The Woman's Bible by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
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