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fellow traveller

British  

noun

  1. a companion on a journey

  2. a non-Communist who sympathizes with Communism

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Debbie has been setting a quiz and a fellow traveller has been leading daily Tai Chi sessions.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

A Canadian man is offering free plane tickets to a female compatriot to fly "around the world", but on one condition - his fellow traveller must be called Elizabeth Gallagher.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2014

I think Evelyn Waugh and Graham Greene both did so in the 1930s, and didn’t even mention in their books that the fellow traveller was there.

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2013

Evelyn Waugh said that reading reviews is "like sitting in a railway carriage and hearing a fellow traveller pointing out objects of interest and getting them all wrong".

From The Guardian • Oct. 17, 2010

There were only two more lunchers—Poirot’s fellow traveller MacQueen and his employer Mr. Ratchett.

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie

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