fellow servant

American  

noun

1. (under the fellow-servant rule) an employee working with another employee for the same employer.

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Etymology

Origin of fellow servant

First recorded in 1525–35

Example Sentences

It also inspired contemporaries like Robert Sargent “Sarge” Shriver, a fellow servant leader and civil rights crusader, and the namesake of the Shriver Center on Poverty Law and the Sargent Shriver Peace Institute.

From Salon • Jan. 20, 2025

There we find Daisy back in the kitchen as of old, engaged to her fellow servant Andy.

From Slate • Oct. 8, 2019

In a 1671 Moliere play, the character Scapin tells a fellow servant to “Camp about on one leg. Put your hand on your hip. Wear a furious look. Strut about like a drama king.”

From Washington Times • May 6, 2019

There were apprehended the young catechumens, Revocatus and Felicity his fellow servant, Saturninus and Secundulus.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2019

This important intelligence, delivered with due confidence to her fellow servant, of course spread like wildfire among the other occupants of the "lower regions," and from them amongst the handmaidens of sundry other dwellings.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 529, January 14, 1832 by Various