fellows

n. [ Fellow + -ship. ] 1. The state or relation of being or associate. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Companionship of persons on equal and friendly terms; frequent and familiar intercourse. [ 1913 Webster ]

In a great town, friends are scattered, so that there is not that fellowship which is in less neighborhods. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Men are made for society and mutual fellowship. Calamy. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A state of being together; companionship; partnership; association; hence, confederation; joint interest. [ 1913 Webster ]

The great contention of the sea and skies
Parted our fellowship. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fellowship in pain divides not smart. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fellowship in woe doth woe assuage. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The goodliest fellowship of famous knights,
Whereof this world holds record. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Those associated with one, as in a family, or a society; a company. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sorrow of Noah with his fellowship. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

With that a joyous fellowship issued
Of minstrels. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Eng. & Amer. Universities) A foundation for the maintenance, on certain conditions, of a scholar called a fellow, who usually resides at the university. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Arith.) The rule for dividing profit and loss among partners; -- called also partnership, company, and distributive proportion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Good fellowship, companionableness; the spirit and disposition befitting comrades. [ 1913 Webster ] There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]