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fellow servant

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

Origin:
1525–35
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fellow servant  
n.  One of a group of employees working together under such circumstances that the employer, under common law, is not considered liable for injury to one worker resulting from the negligence of another.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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