fellow creaturen.
/ˌfɛləʊ ˈkriːtʃə/, U.S. /ˌfɛloʊ ˈkritʃər/ A person or thing regarded as sharing, with another specified person or thing, the fact of being a product of divine creation; (in a more secular sense) a fellow living thing, esp. a human being or animal regarded as such.
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the world > plants > [noun]
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plantisouna1500
plantouna1500
vegetabilitya1500
vegetativea1500
plant1551
fellow creature1572
vegetal1591
morea1599
vegetive1602
vegetant1605
vegetationa1641
the world > people > person > [noun]
hadc900
lifesmaneOE
maneOE
world-maneOE
ghostOE
wyeOE
lifeOE
son of manOE
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soulc1180
earthmanc1225
foodc1225
person?c1225
creaturec1300
bodyc1325
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personagec1485
wretcha1500
human1509
mundane1509
member1525
worma1556
homo1561
piece of flesh1567
sconce1567
squirrel?1567
fellow creature1572
Adamite1581
bloat herringa1586
earthling1593
mother's child1594
stuff1598
a piece of flesh1600
wagtail1607
bosom1608
fragment1609
boots1623
tick1631
worthy1649
earthlies1651
snap1653
pippin1665
being1666
personal1678
personality1678
sooterkin1680
party1686
worldling1687
human being1694
water-wagtail1694
noddle1705
human subject1712
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somebody1724
terrestrial1726
anybody1733
individual1742
character1773
cuss1775
jig1781
thingy1787
bod1788
curse1790
his nabs1790
article1796
Earthite1814
critter1815
potato1815
personeityc1816
nibs1821
somebody1826
tellurian1828
case1832
tangata1840
prawn1845
nigger1848
nut1856
Snooks1860
mug1865
outfit1867
to deliver the goods1870
hairpin1879
baby1880
possum1894
hot tamale1895
babe1900
jobbie1902
virile1903
cup of tea1908
skin1914
pisser1918
number1919
job1927
apple1928
mush1936
face1944
jong1956
naked ape1965
oke1970
punter1975
the world > animals > [noun]
neteneOE
wightc888
deerc950
beastc1225
jument1382
creaturea1387
animala1398
bestialc1400
bullifanta1528
bovya1549
animant1599
man or beast1600
breather1609
fellow creature1726
fig-fauns1750
critter1815
fellow1816
demon1821
skelm1827
1572 T. Wilson Disc. Vsurye f. 88v Man shoulde be charitable one to an other, in frank aydinge his fellowe creature.
a1648 Ld. Herbert Life (1976) 23 All herbes and plants being our fellow Creatures.
1682 T. Otway Venice Preserv'd i. 5 A..Villain: To see the suffring's of my fellow Creatures, And own my self a Man.
1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. iv. 75 A good Man is friendly to his Fellow-creatures, and a Lover of Mankind.
1760 C. Allen Polite Lady xxxiii. 185 He is bound to contribute all that lies in his power to the happiness and welfare of his fellow creatures.
1809 S. T. Coleridge Friend 14 Sept. 72 Virtue would not be Virtue, could it be given by one fellow-creature to another.
1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz in La Saisiaz: Two Poets of Croisic 48 Yon worm, man's fellow-creature.
1919 G. B. Shaw Heartbreak House i, in Heartbreak House, Great Catherine, & Playlets of War 28 Do you suppose that at my age I make distinctions between one fellow creature and another?
1990 Christianity Today 5 Nov. 84/3 Cadfael is an herbalist and a healer,..who cares for both the bodies and the souls of his fellow creatures.
2012 Sunday Tasmanian (Nexis) 11 Nov. 77 We have no requirement for animal products in our diet and no justification for inflicting..suffering on our inoffensive fellow creatures.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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