comrade
a person who shares in one's activities, occupation, etc.; companion, associate, or friend.
a fellow member of a fraternal group, political party, etc.
a member of the Communist Party or someone with strongly leftist views.
Origin of comrade
1Other words for comrade
Other words from comrade
- com·rade·ship, noun
Words Nearby comrade
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How to use comrade in a sentence
Jones intended to come clean and tell his comrades he’d been guiding the glass himself, having memorized the positions of the letters long before.
How Two WWI POWs Conned Their Way Out With a Ouija Board | Margalit Fox | May 31, 2021 | The Daily BeastSimard and her comrades faced hordes of mosquitoes, cold rain, wolves and prowling grizzlies.
The idea that they risked their lives transporting arms, passing messages or sheltering their comrades in the Resistance was not considered possible, much less the horrors they had been subjected to upon their arrest and deportation.
‘She Never Talked About the War.’ Uncovering the Daring Stories of Women Who Resisted the Nazis in Occupied France | Gwen Strauss | May 4, 2021 | TimeA man may be a comrade or a companion on a journey for a woman, but he is no longer an ending.
What the Rise and Fall of the Cinderella Fairy Tale Means for Real Women Today | Carol Dyhouse | April 19, 2021 | TimeIn 1965, all of Davis’ Army Special Forces comrades were shot by counterattacking North Vietnamese troops, leaving him leading South Vietnamese volunteers while rescuing the wounded.
Johnson heard officers around him screaming to their comrade.
'Please Don't Die!': The Frantic Battle to Save Murdered Cops | Michael Daly | December 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“A steadfast soldier of the law,” Felsman had said of his friend and comrade.
In another series, drafting a fantasy football team by the side of a fallen comrade could be sentimental, even borderline maudlin.
The MVPs of Sleaze Are Back: FXX's 'The League' Ups the Degenerate Ante | Emily Shire | September 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTheir fourth comrade, left behind at the cemetery, attempted scaling a fence and wound up in the hospital the next day.
Invasion of the Celebrity Body Snatchers, From Charlie Chaplin to Casey Kasem | Melissa Leon | July 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAntonios, like his comrade in arms Martin Ssempa in Uganda, has called for the death penalty.
At Wagram, when all seemed lost, Napoleon called on his old comrade to sacrifice himself with his cavalry.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonYou baito where you are,” he commanded, bidding a comrade summon an officer, “or somebody who can talk the lingo.
The Red Year | Louis TracySo, much to their chagrin, the guerrillas gave up the chase and went to attend to their dead comrade.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnThey were utterly unreliable, yet their tale-bearing in Delhi might bring instant disaster to Malcolm and his native comrade.
The Red Year | Louis Tracy"The time will come," said Winston dryly, to hide what he felt, for his comrade's simple avowal had been wonderfully eloquent.
Winston of the Prairie | Harold Bindloss
British Dictionary definitions for comrade
/ (ˈkɒmreɪd, -rɪd) /
an associate or companion
a fellow member of a political party, esp a fellow Communist or socialist
Origin of comrade
1Derived forms of comrade
- comradely, adjective
- comradeship, noun
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