fellowman
Americannoun
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fellowmen
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of fellowman
First recorded in 1750–60
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He felt that God would not let him perish by the sword if he did not live by the sword, and he had a deep sense of duty to his fellowman.
From Time Magazine Archive
One Raymond Briez, 29, underwent last week his 101st transfusion by which he gave a quart of his blood to save the life of a fellowman.
From Time Magazine Archive
When man is ferocious and cruel toward his fellowman, it is not for subsistence or safety.
From The Promulgation of Universal Peace by `Abdu'l-Bahá
The man who is honest in his dealings with his fellowman has a subsidy which money cannot buy.
From Dollars and Sense by William Crosbie Hunter
His God, his fellowman and himself—the three concerns of his life.
From A Rational Theology As Taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by John A. Widtsoe
In 1984, the Alabama Supreme Court defined moral turpitude as “an act of baseness, vileness or depravity in the private and social duties which a man owes to his fellowmen or to society in general.”
From Washington Times ● Oct. 30, 2016
Devotion to God, loyalty to country, love of our fellowmen.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Western people like to deal with their fellowmen face to face anyhow, especially when a question of honor is involved .
From Time Magazine Archive
Such people, in my judgment, are not only unfair to the newspaper profession, but they are doing a decided injury to their fellowmen by perpetuating untruths among them.
From Time Magazine Archive
He wondered what criterion people used when they applied the tags “good” and “bad” to their fellowmen.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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