plural fellas also fellers
Definition of fella
informal
: fellow sense 4c, man sense 1a(1)
a nice fella "The fella who does the windows here sometimes puts a striped shirt with a striped tie and a striped suit …"— Teri Agins A fella who accepts himself and is relaxed into who he is—that appeals to people.— Rebecca Winters Keegan Moments when a feller needs a friend and so forth.— P. G. Wodehouse Gunnysack Johnson observed that "nobody can talk as interestingly as the feller that's not hampered by facts or information."— Jim Reed
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The first known use of fella was in 1816
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