单词 | fellow traveler |
释义 | fellow travelerSEE SYNONYMS FOR fellow traveler ON THESAURUS.COM nouna person who supports or sympathizes with a political party, especially the Communist Party, but is not an enrolled member. anyone who, although not a member, supports or sympathizes with some organization, movement, or the like. Origin of fellow traveler1605–15, for literal sense OTHER WORDS FROM fellow travelerfel·low-trav·el·ing [fel-oh-trav-uh-ling, -trav-ling], /ˌfɛl oʊˌtræv ə lɪŋ, -ˈtræv lɪŋ/, adjectiveWords nearby fellow travelerfellowly, fellowman, fellow servant, fellow-servant rule, fellowship, fellow traveler, fellow traveller, fell pony, felly, felo-de-se, felon Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for fellow travelerCultural definitions for fellow travelerfellow traveler One who supports the aims or philosophies of a political group without joining it. A “fellow traveler” is usually one who sympathizes with communist doctrines but is not a member of the Communist party. The term was used disparagingly in the 1950s to describe people accused of being communists. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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