נאָכלויפֿער

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Yiddish

Etymology

From נאָך‎ (nokh, “after”) +‎ לויפֿער‎ (runner).

Noun

נאָכלויפֿער (nokhloyferm, plural נאָכלויפֿערס (nokhloyfers)

  1. A fellow traveller.
  2. One who sympathizes with the aims or beliefs of an organization, without belonging to it; most often applied to a communist sympathizer.