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
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A gaunt, brown dog, of middle size, was his yokefellow.
From Black Forest Village Stories by Berthold Auerbach
At New Brunswick he saw and heard with profound admiration Gilbert Tennent, thenceforth his friend and yokefellow.
From A History of American Christianity by Leonard Woolsey Bacon
A true yokefellow of the apostle, possibly Epaphroditus, and a certain Clement, possibly the Clement who was afterwards Bishop of Rome, are exhorted to try to bring about their reconciliation.
From The Books of the New Testament by Leighton Pullan
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 Chester E. Jorgenson
He had the subtlest brain, and became the yokefellow of a Cobham.
From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by W. (William) Stebbing
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