fellowmen

noun

plural of fellowman
as in people

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  1. people
  2. individuals
  3. humans
  4. mortals
  5. beings
  6. creatures
Noun
  • Another 13 people were wounded on downtown Sacramento’s K Street and 10th Street, in what became the deadliest mass shooting in the city’s history.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 19 June 2026
  • Organizers say more than 125,000 people are expected throughout the event, bringing in millions of dollars for the local economy.
    — Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 19 June 2026
Definition of people
Noun
  • The Nobel Prize in Physics, first given in 1901, has been previously awarded 119 times to 229 individuals.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The show sees six pairs of contestants attempt to track down some of the biggest brains in Britain – six individuals known as The Chasers – in undisclosed locations across Europe.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of individuals
Noun
  • Direction is not merely a spatial coordinate, but an expression of the relationship between humans, nature and their surroundings.
    — Footwear News, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • In perhaps the most likely outcome, humans will continue to be responsible for many discoveries, often aided by AI along the way.
    — Jeffrey S. Flier, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of humans
Noun
  • Lamashtu said something the patriarch couldn’t abide, and for that she was cast out of polite divine society forever and sent to make chaos among mortals.
    — Eleanor Johnson, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Sometimes a starship encounters a cosmic entity that — for some hard-to-fathom reason — chooses to study lesser mortals by forcing them into a big old game of dress-up.
    — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of mortals
Noun
  • That said, the impossibility of knowing how to get rid of these immense beings, and the DIY nature of the operations its doughty characters come up with, is one of the great sources of satisfaction these movies offer.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Jainism therefore strongly encourages ahimsa toward all living beings, from animals to microbes, and vegetarianism is the norm.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of beings
Noun
  • After environmentalists advocated for protecting these unique creatures, the nuclear-weapons manufacturing on their site was halted.
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Billions of minuscule creatures, after all, agitate the waterways of the world.
    — Stephen Ornes, Quanta Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of creatures
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“Fellowmen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fellowmen. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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