fellow creature

a kindred creature, especially a fellow human being.

Origin of fellow creature

First recorded in 1640–50

Why you talk of Nero as if the animal was a rational being, and his life of as much consequence as that of a fellow-creature.

The Little Savage |Captain Frederick Marryat
If employers could find the heart to tempt a fellow-creature into such risks, the chances are that it would prove bad business.

About Orchids |Frederick Boyle
The deliberate resolution to kill a fellow-creature has nothing to do with self-defence.

The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 |Various
What a fellow-creature does is in the view of religion done not by him, but by God.

The Essence of Christianity |Ludwig Feuerbach

She hushed her breath with involuntary awe, but nothing else told of the violent deed by which a fellow-creature had passed away.

Mary Barton |Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell