fellowship

English

/ˈfɛləʃɪp/, /ˈfɛləʃɪp/

noun
Definitions
  • A company of people that share the same interest or aim.
  • (dated) Company, companions; a group of people or things following another.
  • A feeling of friendship, relatedness or connection between people.
  • A merit-based scholarship.
  • A temporary position at an academic institution with limited teaching duties and ample time for research; this may also be called a postdoc.
  • (medicine) A period of supervised, sub-specialty medical training in the United States and Canada that a physician may undertake after completing a specialty training program or residency.
  • (arithmetic) The proportional division of profit and loss among partners.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English felowschipe suffix from English fellow derived from Old Norse félagskapr.

Origin

Old Norse

félagskapr

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