comrade
[kom-rad, -rid]
- 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.
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Origin of comrade
Synonyms
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Contemporary Examples
Johnson heard officers around him screaming to their comrade.
“A steadfast soldier of the law,” Felsman had said of his friend and comrade.
Their fourth comrade, left behind at the cemetery, attempted scaling a fence and wound up in the hospital the next day.
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July 19, 2014
Antonios, like his comrade in arms Martin Ssempa in Uganda, has called for the death penalty.
Update: Just gave secret speech denouncing excesses of Comrade Josef Stalin.
Historical Examples
Tell me, comrade, is it sooth that we shall have another fling at these Frenchmen?
The White CompanyArthur Conan Doyle
They evidently sympathized with their comrade's objection to the duties of a policeman.
In the Midst of AlarmsRobert Barr
The man with the gun swore fearfully, but his comrade with the hammer was silent.
In the Midst of AlarmsRobert Barr
She had become so habituated to his presence that she was quite at her ease, and treated him as a comrade.
The DreamEmile Zola
Comrade Ossipon met the shock of this blasphemy by an awful, vacant stare.
The Secret AgentJoseph Conrad
comrade
- an associate or companion
- a fellow member of a political party, esp a fellow Communist or socialist
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Word Origin
C16: from French camarade, from Spanish camarada group of soldiers sharing a billet, from cámara room, from Latin; see camera, chamber
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Word Origin and History for comrade
n.
1590s, "one who shares the same room," from Middle French camarade (16c.), from Spanish camarada "chamber mate," originally "chamberful," from Latin camera (see camera). In Spanish, a collective noun referring to one's company. In 17c., sometimes jocularly misspelled comrogue. Related: Comradely; comradeship.
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