variants
or less commonly feller
plural fellas also fellers
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
Teri AginsA fella who accepts himself and is relaxed into who he is—that appeals to people.—Rebecca Winters Keegan
Rebecca Winters KeeganMoments when a feller needs a friend and so forth.—P. G. Wodehouse
P. G. WodehouseGunnysack Johnson observed that "nobody can talk as interestingly as the feller that's not hampered by facts or information."—Jim Reed
Jim ReedExamples of fella in a Sentence
He's not a bad fella.
She has a new fella.
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Other teams were halfway through the leg while the poor fellas were still aimlessly driving around the country.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 16 Apr. 2025
In the second season of And Just Like That, Anthony steps into a new role as the owner of a bakery called Hot Fellas, which, well, employs hot fellas as delivery men.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 16 Apr. 2025
To put it to the test, the fellas over at McMurtry built a rotating rig.
—New Atlas, 12 Apr. 2025
That’s — actually kind of genius, especially if the Poet was a clumsy fella who needed that kind of precautionary measure.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2025
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Nick Caruso, TVLine, 16 Apr. 2025
In the second season of And Just Like That, Anthony steps into a new role as the owner of a bakery called Hot Fellas, which, well, employs hot fellas as delivery men.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 16 Apr. 2025
To put it to the test, the fellas over at McMurtry built a rotating rig.
—New Atlas, 12 Apr. 2025
That’s — actually kind of genius, especially if the Poet was a clumsy fella who needed that kind of precautionary measure.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fella
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“Fella.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fella. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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