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Webster 1913 Edition

Yokefellow

Yoke′felˊlow

,

Noun.

[

Yoke

+

fellow

.]

An associate or companion in, or as in; a mate; a fellow; especially, a partner in marriage.

Phil. iv. 3.

The two languages [English and French] became

yokefellows

in a still more intimate manner.

Earle.

Those who have most distinguished themselves by railing at the sex, very often choose one of the most worthless for a companion and

yokefellow

.

Addison.

Definition 2024

yokefellow

yokefellow

English

Noun

yokefellow ‎(plural yokefellows)

(archaic) A companion.
- 1882, Edward Augustus Freeman, The Reign of William Rufus and the Accession of Henry the First‎
  ...till new grounds of quarrel had arisen between the two unequal yokefellows who were at last fully coupled together.
- 1922, James Ezra Darby, Jesus, an economic mediator: God's remedy for industrial and international ills
  Brain and hand, and means and muscle, are true yokefellows in modern industrialism. Without the inventor, there could be no machinery...
- 1999, David E Garland, Reading Matthew: A Literary and Theological Commentary on the First Gospel‎
  Jesus treats his disciples as yokefellows rather than as camels and donkeys to be loaded down (23:4).