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Encyclopedia > Fellow traveller

A fellow traveller is a person who sympathizes with the beliefs of a particular organization, but does not belong to that organization. The term is most often applied to a communist sympathizer who is not a member of the Communist Party.


See also: Useful idiot


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Fellow traveller - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (304 words)
A fellow traveller is a person who sympathizes with the beliefs of a particular organization, but does not belong to that organization.
After the Russian Revolution of 1917, the term "fellow traveller" was sometimes applied to Russian writers who accepted the revolution's ends but were not active participants.
A prominent example of the literary fellow travellers is Mikhail Bulgakov, author of The Master and Margarita.
fellow: Definition, Synonyms and Much More from Answers.com (1750 words)
A research associate's salary is paid out of his supervisor's budget, whereas a research fellow is paid either from central university funds or by an outside organisation such as a charity or company.
The title Research Fellow may also refer to a young researcher in receipt of a fellowship awarded by an external grant-awarding body such as a Research Council or the Royal Society in the UK or the NIH in the US, and having status equivalent to a permanent member of academic staff at their institute.
All fellows are entitled to certain privileges within their College, such as free meals at High Table and the right to a rent-free room in College.
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