my dear fellow

my dear fellow

1. (informal) Term of address for a male friend.
2. (informal) Used to express sympathy to a man.
   • 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 198:

     The men said ‘My dear fellow,’ and did nothing.