fellow traveller
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fellow traveller
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For sense 2: calque of Russian попутчик (poputčik).
noun fellow travellers · fellow-traveller · fellow traveler · fellow-traveler
- One who travels together with another. The arrangement of some seats facing and some one behind the other, bus fashion, seems a sensible compromise; I am one of those who do not enjoy staring at my fellow travellers for perhaps hours on end.
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One who sympathizes with the aims or beliefs of an organization without belonging to it; especially a Communist sympathizer.
Near-synonym: camp follower
Similar: camp follower
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noun one who travels together with another
| 中文 | 同路人 tónglùrén |
|---|---|
| Français | compagnon de voyage |
| Deutsch | Mitreisender, Mitreisende |
| Italiano | compagno di viaggio |
| Ελληνικά | συνταξιδιώτης syntaxidiótis |
| Русский | спу́тник spútnik, спу́тница spútnica, попу́тчик popútčik, попу́тчица popútčica |
noun one who sympathizes without belonging
| 中文 | 同路人 tónglùrén |
|---|---|
| Français | compagnon de route, sympathisant |
| Deutsch | Sympathisant, Weggenosse, Mitläufer |
| Italiano | compagno di viaggio |
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