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fellow traveler

a person who espouses the cause of a party, esp. a Communist Party, without being a member; sympathizer

Etymology: transl. of Russ poputchik

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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