Definition

1. Noun:
   • Fellow traveller: A person who travels along the same route or journey as another; a companion on a trip.
   • Fellow militant: A comrade or ally in a shared struggle, cause, or ideological movement.
   • Concomitant: An attendant circumstance, phenomenon, or thing that naturally accompanies or is associated with another.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Trên chuyến tàu dài, tôi may mắn có một bạn đường thú vị. (On the long train journey, I was lucky to have an interesting fellow traveller.)
  • Họ là những bạn đường trong cuộc đấu tranh cho tự do. (They are fellow militants in the struggle for freedom.)
  • Sự cô đơn thường là bạn đường của tuổi già. (Loneliness is often a concomitant of old age.)

Advanced Usage

• The term can be used metaphorically beyond physical travel to describe a close, shared experience in any prolonged endeavor.
  • Những khó khăn là bạn đường không thể tránh khỏi của mọi startup. (Difficulties are unavoidable fellow travellers for every startup.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bạn đồng hành (n): A synonym emphasizing companionship on a shared path or journey.
  • Anh ấy không chỉ là cộng sự mà còn là bạn đồng hành trung thành. (He is not just a colleague but also a loyal companion.)

Synonyms

• Companion: A person or animal with whom one spends time or travels.
• Comrade: A companion who shares one's activities or is a member of the same organization.
• Ally: A person or organization that cooperates with or helps another in a particular activity.

Related Idioms

• While "bạn đường" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, the concept appears in expressions about shared journeys.
  • Chung một bạn đường: To share the same path or companion, implying a shared destiny or close partnership.

noun

1. Fellow traveller
2. Fellow militant
3. Concomitant