Dictionary entry

Yokefellow

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Yoke″fel′low (?), n. [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 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.