"yokefellow" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: yokefellows [plural]
Etymology: From yoke + fellow. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|yoke|fellow}} yoke + fellow Head templates: {{en-noun}} yokefellow (plural yokefellows)
  1. A companion; a fellow labourer, a person who works at the same task as another.
    Sense id: en-yokefellow-en-noun-lpmxVEH0
  2. (now rare, historical) Someone joined in marriage to another; a spouse. Tags: archaic, historical
    Sense id: en-yokefellow-en-noun-8m4sPtO0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: yoke-fellow, yoke fellow

Inflected forms

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