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feller¹

Where it comes from

From Middle English fellere, feller; equivalent to fell + -er.

noun fellers

  1. A person who fells trees; a lumberjack
  2. A machine for felling trees.
  3. A person who fells a seam.
  4. An appliance to a sewing machine for felling a seam.

feller²

Where it comes from

Variant of fellow that reflects the reduction of the last vowel to a schwa and its conflation with the endings -er/-ar.

noun fellers

  1. nonstandard Nonstandard form of fellow There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […]”

feller³

adjective

  1. archaic, comparative comparative form of fell: more fell

Feller⁴

Where it comes from

Likely an occupational surname from English feller (“one who fells trees; a lumberjack”).

proper noun Fellers

  1. A surname.

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@misc{feller_2026,
  title = {feller},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/feller},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}