Obs. [f. FELLOW sb. + -ESS.] A female ‘fellow.’ Cf. FELLOW 9, 10.
1748. Richardson, Clarissa (1811), III. xix. 117. Who can have patience with such fellows and fellowesses?
1796. Mad. D’Arblay, Camilla, V. IX. iv. Your bachelor uncles, and maiden aunts, are the most tantalizing fellows and fellowesses in the creation.
