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Since Kamerad is the usual term for a fellow soldier in German military language, the word is associated with right-wing rather than left-wing groups. Communists and socialists, especially party members of the SED and SPD use the word Genosse (fem. Genossin ; i.e. "partner", in the sense of a fellow member of a co-operative ) with the socialist ...
Washington's Farewell Address [1] is a letter written by President George Washington as a valedictory to "friends and fellow-citizens" after 20 years of public service to the United States. [2] He wrote it near the end of the second term of his presidency before retiring to his home at Mount Vernon in Virginia.
Kuiper uses the fact that this idiom is a phrase that is a part of the English lexicon (technically, a "phrasal lexical item"), and that there are different ways that the expression can be presented—for instance, as the common "hail-fellow-well-met," which appears as a modifier before the noun it modifies, [6] [7] versus the more original ...
Research fellow may also refer to the recipient of academic financial grant or scholarship.For example, in Germany, institutions such as the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation offer research fellowship for postdoctoral research and refer to the holder as research fellows, while the award holder may formally hold a specific academic title at their home institution (e.g., Privatdozent).
The original European meaning of patriots applied to anyone who was a fellow countryman regardless of the socio-economic status. [ 3 ] The use of patriotism and nationalism originally shared a similar meaning in the 19th century, but their use and connotation gradually grown apart.
The Athenian practice of ostracism, in which citizens could vote anonymously for a fellow citizen to be expelled from Athens for up to ten years, was seen as a way to pre-emptively remove a possible threat to the state, without having to go through legal proceedings. [8] It was intended to promote internal harmony.
The term is usually translated in English as "fellow traveller" or "hanger-on", but it is not equivalent to either. A German dictionary provides the English translation as "follower". [1] An English version dictionary defines it as "a passive follower". [2] The German word Mitläufereffekt is derived from it.
Claude Nicolet [2] traces the first word and concept for the citizen at Rome to the first known instance resulting from the synoecism of Romans and Sabines presented in the legends of the Roman Kingdom. According to Livy, [3] the two peoples participated in a ceremony of union after which they were named Quirites after the Sabine town of Cures.