Meaning & use

feller

noun·Everyday

An informal or dialectal way of saying 'fellow,' referring to a man or boy.

See it in a sentence

That old feller down the street always waves hello in the morning.

She married a kind feller she met while working on a farm.

A note on using this word

Feller is a casual, spoken variant of 'fellow'; it also names a machine or worker that cuts down trees in logging.

Words with a similar meaning

fellowguy

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Another way to use it

2. noun

A person or machine that cuts down trees, especially in commercial logging.

The feller operated a large machine that could cut and stack logs within seconds.

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