comrade

[ kom-rad, -rid ]

/ ˈkɒm ræd, -rɪd /

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noun

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.

Nearby words

computerphobe, computing, compère, comr, comr., comrade, comrade in arms, comrade-in-arms, comradely, comradery, comrades marathon

Origin of comrade

1585–95; < Middle French camarade < Spanish camarada group of soldiers billeted together, equivalent to cámar(a) “room” (< Latin; see camera¹) + -ada < Latin -āta, feminine of -ātus -ate¹

SYNONYMS FOR comrade

1 crony, fellow, mate.

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Related forms

com·rade·ship, nounpre·com·rade·ship, noun

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Examples from the Web for comrade

Johnson heard officers around him screaming to their comrade.
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“A steadfast soldier of the law,” Felsman had said of his friend and comrade.
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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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Antonios, like his comrade in arms Martin Ssempa in Uganda, has called for the death penalty.
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Update: Just gave secret speech denouncing excesses of Comrade Josef Stalin.
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He was a comrade of Swarup Goswmi, and took absolute refuge at the feet of Chaitanya.
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My comrade smiled, looked at his watch, then at his notebook, and finally replied: "Wait half an hour and see."
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Even our sergeant, who helped during the night, took a comrade off in the morning and disappeared.
My War Experiences in Two Continents|Sarah Macnaughtan
Comrade Gerrity led off with an indignant refusal to pay the fine; the rest of them followed suit—even Comrade Mabel!
Jimmie Higgins|Upton Sinclair
Sumner sat with his head bowed, when a comrade approaching and seeing that something was troubling him, inquired the cause.
The Story of a Confederate boy in the Civil War|David E. Johnston

British Dictionary definitions for comrade

comrade

/ (ˈkɒmreɪd, -rɪd) /

noun

an associate or companion

a fellow member of a political party, esp a fellow Communist or socialist

Derived Forms

comradely, adjectivecomradeship, noun

Word Origin for comrade

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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