fellowman
Americannoun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of fellowman
First recorded in 1750–60
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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
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
He was a likeable man, generous, and known to be such, always doing his fellowman a good turn.
From Colorado?The Bright Romance of American History by Grable, F. C.
There is such a thing as the power of God being present to heal, though men may not hear the voice of their fellowman.
From To The Work! To The Work! Exhortations to Christians by Moody, Dwight Lyman
He must enter into a covenant with his Lord in order that he shall obey the divine commands and become unified with his fellowman.
From The Promulgation of Universal Peace by `Abdu'l-Bahá
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
His abilities have carried him up and away from the grass-roots lives and problems of his fellowmen, but he has done his best to compensate for his bureaucratic isolation.
From Time Magazine Archive
What do we do in school to help a child to understand himself and his fellowmen in the light of modern psychological discoveries?
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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