[Ads-l] fellow = black man

[Jonathan Lighter]

I don't see "fellow" as a full synonym. Could one say, for example,

?Joe is a fellow.

and be understood as meaning he's a black man?

Is there a word for this kind of thing (apart from "partial synonymy")?

JL

On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 10:32 AM, Joan Hall <jdhall at wisc.edu> wrote:

> DARE has one additional example:
> 1842 Buckingham Slave States<http://www.daredictionary.com/
> bibliography?letterHeading=B#bibl_9915> 2.29 SC,<
> http://www.daredictionary.com/search?f_0=reglabel&q_0=SC> The men are
> usually called "boys," whatever may be their age; and very often "fellows."
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