as in guy
an adult male human being these fellas are the hardest working bunch of players a manager could ever hope to have

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Recent Examples of fella Yours is more operatic, and my fella is more in the gangster genre. Daniel D'addario, Variety, 2 June 2025 Gilbert handles the OTs during prax and Goodwin gets the interior fellas. Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 9 May 2025 Storme Warren and his weekly Stories Behind The Songs show played host to the fellas at the Twelve Thirty Club on Broadway. Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 20 Mar. 2025 Rudd’s Austin, a local news weatherman and consummate cool guy, has invited Robinson’s Craig, his new neighbor and the exact opposite, to hang with the fellas. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for fella
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Noun
  • This -- Donald Trump should never have been hanging out with this guy and any other politician, any other human being.
    ABC News, ABC News, 20 July 2025
  • Our guys just competed and just really proud of the effort.
    LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2025
Noun
  • Further blurring the line between fact and fiction, at a cocktail party in the sequel Stark bumps into tech-titan Larry Ellison and races a car in the Monaco Historic Grand Prix, a real-life auto race for gentlemen drivers.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
  • Jannik Sinner, the Wimbledon gentlemen’s singles champion, generated $9.1 million in media impact value.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 21 July 2025
Noun
  • Once there, officers found an adult male suffering from a gunshot wound.
    Ellie Buckheit, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2025
  • Smoke Were in the military Were exposed to heavy metals or pesticides Have a family member with ALS Are male A neurologist (a doctor who specializes in diseases of the brain and nervous system) can diagnose ALS.
    Janelle McSwiggin, Health, 20 July 2025
Noun
  • By comparison, Sad Affleck was just a dude encased in a metal suit.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 11 July 2025
  • Oswald, Sirhan Sirhan, Chapman, Ray, the dude who almost killed Reagan to make Jodie Foster fall in love with him (didn't work).
    Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025

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“Fella.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fella. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.

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