An old-fashioned or South Asian English term for a classmate — someone who attends the same class or course as you.
An old-fashioned or South Asian English term for a classmate — someone who attends the same class or course as you. While 'classmate' has mostly taken over in global English, 'classfellow' hangs on in Indian educational contexts and older formal writing. It carries a slightly more formal, collegial feel than its modern replacement, and you'll still spot it in Indian newspapers, school reports, and correspondence from those who grew up with it.
My classfellow Priya always shared her notes before exams.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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(dated, or, India) classmate.
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