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fellow-man

fellow-man is the alternative form of fellow man.

Meaning of fellow man

Noun

fellow man (plural fellow men)

  1. A kindred member of humanity.
    • Sometimes the attempt was made to reduce the inner to the outer world (Condillac, Mach, Avenarius, materialism); sometimes the outer to the inner world (Descartes, Berkeley, Fichte); sometimes the sphere of the absolute to the others (e.g., by trying to infer causally the essence and existence of...2014, Volker Meja, Nico Stehr, Knowledge and Politics
    Synonyms:
    neighbour

Forms of fellow-man

pluralfellowmen

Questions about fellow-man

What is fellow-man the alternative form of?
Fellow-man is the alternative form of fellow man.

Words near fellow-man in the dictionary

  1. fellow travellers
  2. fellow-commoner
  3. fellow-commoners
  4. fellow-feeling
  5. fellow-feelings
  6. fellow-man
  7. fellow-me-lad
  8. fellow-me-lads
  9. fellow-travel
  10. fellow-traveled
  11. fellow-traveler

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