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yoke-fellow|ˈjəʊkˌfɛləʊ|
[f. yoke n.1 + fellow n., transl. Gr. σύζυγος.]
1. A person ‘yoked’ or associated with another, esp. in some work or occupation; a fellow-worker; an associate or partner, esp. in a task.
1526Tindale Phil. iv. 3 Yee and I beseche the faythfull yockfelowe, helpe the wemen which labored with me in the gospell. 1559Mirr. Mag., Dk. Clarence xli, He tolde me to, my youkefelow should dye. 1599Shakes. Hen. V, ii. iii. 56 Yoke-fellowes in Armes, let vs to France. a1659Bp. Brownrig Serm. (1674) I. iv. 61 We must not..be Yoke⁓fellows with them in their Religion. 1664Butler Hud. ii. i. 672, I know you cannot think me fit, To be th' Yoke⁓fellow of your Wit. 1815Scott Guy M. lvi, ‘Mr. Corsand,’ said Glossin to the other yoke-fellow of justice [after Shakes. Lear iii. vi. 39], ‘your most humble servant.’ 1850Merivale Rom. Emp. iv. I. 193 This was the second time that these reluctant yoke-fellows had been joined together in public office. 1908Ch. Times 5 June 762/1 An able, Catholic-minded and devout Prince having for his yokefellow a resolute and saintly Primate.
b. Applied to things.
1579Tomson Calvin's Serm. Tim. 411/1 Doctrine & an honest & godly life, are two yokfelows yt cannot be sundred. 1670Maynwaring Vita Sana xv. 140 Unwilling is the Soul to move her yoak-fellow, farther then the enforcing Law of Nature..commands. 1675T. Brooks Gold. Key 183 Those two sinful Yoke-fellows, the soul and the body. 1852H. Rogers Essays (1874) I. vii. 378 Unhappy mind!..so strictly is it united to that mad yokefellow, Matter..that it can find a tongue only by its aid. 1871Freeman Norm. Conq. IV. xviii. 211 The castle..still crowns the height as no unworthy yokefellow of its ecclesiastical neighbour.
2. spec. A person joined in marriage to another; a husband or wife, spouse.
1545Brinklow Compl. xxiv. (1874) 68 This fast..is good to be vsed..of such as be absent from their yockfelows, & prycked to fylthynes. 1629Winthrop Let. to Wife in New Eng. (1825) I. 366 It grieveth me much, that I want time and freedom of mind to discourse with thee (my faithful yokefellow). 1693Congreve Old Bach. iv. xxii, I have been a tender Husband, a tender Yoke-fellow. 1712Addison Spect. No. 530 ⁋1 Those who have most distinguished themselves by railing at the sex in general, very often make an honourable amends, by choosing one of the most worthless persons of it for a companion and yoke-fellow. 1838Dickens O. Twist xxxviii, Mrs. Bumble..did not want for spirit, as her yokefellow could abundantly testify. 1871Meredith H. Richmond lv, Was it possible I had ever refused to be her yokefellow?
Hence yoke-fellowship, association, partnership.
1816Sporting Mag. XLVIII. 57 We never heard that Godwin..slighted..the yoke-fellowship. 1856N. Brit. Rev. XXVI. 113 The forced yoke-fellowship of slaves. 1879Farrar St. Paul II. 108 They would..separate themselves from their incongruous yoke-fellowship with unbelief. |