(chiefly in the plural, also figurative) A companion; a comrade.

(chiefly in the plural) An animal which is a member of a breed or species, or a flock, herd, etc.

(chiefly in the plural) An object which is associated with another object; especially, as part of a set.

(also attributively) A person or thing comparable in characteristics with another person or thing, especially belonging to the same class or group, and can also refer to someone with equal abilities or achievements, or someone in the same condition or situation of need as another.

A term used to describe various individuals, including senior members of educational institutions, distinguished individuals bestowed with an honorary title, senior members of learned or professional societies, scholars appointed to academic positions, physicians undergoing specialized medical training, members of a college or university involved in managing business interests, and senior researchers or technicians in corporations engaged in research and development.

(informal) A male person; a bloke, a chap, a guy, a man; also, preceded by a modifying word, sometimes with a sense of mild reproach: used as a familiar term of address to a man.

(rare) Usually qualified by an adjective or used in the plural: an individual or person regardless of gender.

(by extension, often humorous or ironic) An animal or object.