tovarishch

American  

[tuh-vah-ryishch, toh-vahr-ish] / tʌˈvɑ ryɪʃtʃ, toʊˈvɑr ɪʃ /

Or tovarich,

noun

Russian.

1. comrade (used as a term of address in the Soviet Union).

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Example Sentences

And then other times, tovarishch, you need your beauty as big as the motherland.

From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2021

Princess Anne is the first member of the British royal family to visit the U.S.S.R. since the revolution, but she insisted on being treated like an average tovarishch while in Kiev.

From Time Magazine Archive

I did not recognize him at first, a little pointed beard and heavy boots had transformed him into a regular "tovarishch."

From Rescuing the Czar Two authentic Diaries arranged and translated by Smythe, James P.

And here,—this "tovarishch" Nachman—sitting in his chair and ruling—had the same identical signs of self-respect, self-adoration, and independence.

From Rescuing the Czar Two authentic Diaries arranged and translated by Smythe, James P.

The Secretary of Economics had indicated, by his precise enunciation of tovarishch, that the man was a Russian—or at least a citizen of one of the Soviet satellites.

From Damned If You Don't by Dongen, H. R. van