Chiefly Brittish: fellow.
Fellow, guy — sometimes used informally as a term of address
ETYM Old Eng. felawe, felaghe, Icel. fęlagi, from fęlag companionship, prop., a laying together of property; fę property + lag a laying, pl. lög law, akin to liggja to lie. Related to Fee, and Law, Lie to be low.
1. A companion; a comrade; an associate; a partner; a sharer.
2. A man without good breeding or worth.
3. An equal in power, rank, character, etc.
4. A person; an individual.
6. In certain universities, a scholar who is appointed to a foundation called a fellowship, which gives a title to certain perquisites and privileges.
8. A member of a literary or scientific society.
ETYM Spanish guia guide, a guy or small rope used on board of ships to keep weighty things in their places; of Teutonic origin, and the same word as Eng. guide. Related to Guide, Gye.
1. A rope or cable that is used to brace something (especially a tent); SYN. guy cable, guy rope.
2. An informal term for a youth or man; SYN. cat, hombre.
1. Modèle.
2. Exemple. Un type de comportement.
3. (Familier) Individu. Un drôle de type.
ETYM Old Eng. kinde, cunde, as. cynd. Related to Kind.
A category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; SYN. sort, form, variety.
1. A person of a particular character or nature
2. An approximate definition or example
ETYM French type; cf. Italian tipo, from Latin typus a figure, image, a form, type, character; cf. Skr. tup to hurt.
1. A subdivision of a particular kind of thing; SYN. kind, sort, ilk, species.
2. Printed characters.
3. A small block of metal bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper.
4. All of the tokens of the same symbol.
5. (Biology) The taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon.