"fellow man" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fellow men [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|fellow men}} fellow man (plural fellow men)
  1. A kindred member of humanity. Synonyms: neighbour Translations (kindred member of humanity): medmenneske [neuter] (Danish), medemens [masculine] (Dutch), lähimmäinen (Finnish), prochain [masculine] (French), Mitmensch [masculine] (German), Nächste [feminine, masculine] (German), embertárs (Hungarian), medmenneske [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), medmenneske [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), bliźni [masculine] (Polish), próximo [masculine] (Portuguese), prójimo [masculine] (Spanish), semejante (Spanish), medmänniska [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fellow_man-en-noun-NzprByP2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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