fellow servant

noun

1. (under the fellow-servant rule) an employee working with another employee for the same employer.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fellow servant¹

First recorded in 1525–35

Example Sentences

His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay it back.’

From Washington Times

There we find Daisy back in the kitchen as of old, engaged to her fellow servant Andy.

From Slate

In a 1671 Moliere play, the character Scapin tells a fellow servant to “Camp about on one leg. Put your hand on your hip. Wear a furious look. Strut about like a drama king.”

From Washington Times

A Glasgow newspaper, Reformers’ Gazette, recorded in 1832 that a man was hung for throwing vitriol on a fellow servant while he slept and soon a term was was coined for acid attacks, vitriolage.

From Time

After the celebration, Esther falls for and is impregnated by a fellow servant.

From The Guardian