fellow traveler
noun
: a person who sympathizes with and often furthers the ideals and program of an organized group (such as the Communist party) without membership in the group or regular participation in its activities
broadly
: a sympathetic supporter of another's cause
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Examples of fellow traveler in a Sentence
I struck up a conversation with one of my fellow travelers.
He was not a member of the Communist Party or even a fellow traveler.
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On Tuesday, the man stormed a flight attendant in an attempt to exit the plane through a cabin door with fellow travelers helping restrain the man with tape, FOX 4 KDFW reported.
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Ashley J. Dimella Fox News, Fox News, 22 Nov. 2024
To ideological fellow travelers, the larger task is to win the battle of ideas and reorient the GOP.
—Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 26 Sep. 2024
Applebaum argues that Western democracies must reckon with their complicity in the spread of kleptocratic autocracy through offshore banking, money laundering, business deals, and ideological support from right-wing fellow travelers.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Oct. 2024
Her fellow travelers include jazz greats Charles Mingus (as a songwriter), Jaco Pastorius, Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock, Gerry Mulligan, John McLaughlin and Tony Williams, and a spot appearance from Graham Nash and Jackson Browne.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
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Ashley J. Dimella Fox News, Fox News, 22 Nov. 2024
To ideological fellow travelers, the larger task is to win the battle of ideas and reorient the GOP.
—Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 26 Sep. 2024
Applebaum argues that Western democracies must reckon with their complicity in the spread of kleptocratic autocracy through offshore banking, money laundering, business deals, and ideological support from right-wing fellow travelers.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Oct. 2024
Her fellow travelers include jazz greats Charles Mingus (as a songwriter), Jaco Pastorius, Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock, Gerry Mulligan, John McLaughlin and Tony Williams, and a spot appearance from Graham Nash and Jackson Browne.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Fellow traveler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fellow%20traveler. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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