Meaning

2 senses

  1. One who travels together with another.

    Mitreisender, Mitreisende

    спу́тникspútnik, спу́тницаspútnica, попу́тчикpopútčik

    супу́тникsupútnyk, супу́тницяsupútnycja, попу́тникpopútnyk

    a traveler who accompanies you

  2. One who sympathizes with the aims or beliefs of an organization without belonging to it; especially a Communist sympathizer.

    Near-synonym: camp follower

    Sympathisant, Weggenosse, Mitläufer

    a communist sympathizer (but not a member of the Communist Party)

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
one who travels together with another:
Русский
By meaning 1
one who travels together with another:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
one who travels together with another:
one who sympathizes without belonging:

Origin

For sense 2: calque of Russian попутчик (poputčik).

For sense 2: calque of Russian попутчик (poputčik).

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Forms

plural: fellow travellers

Synonyms

3 synonyms
camp follower
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words
Relatedfellow-travelcard-carryingcomsymppremature antifascistsputnik

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
fellafellerfellowB1fellowshipfelon
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