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

Kopiski has created new names for his cheeses, such as “Red October” and “Tovarishch,” or “Comrade,” to help market them against Western cheeses, particularly if the import ban ends.

From Washington Post

In what feels like a 30-year high school reunion, the reanimated socialist Sandinista Front, led by president Daniel Ortega, is rekindling its old revolutionary romance with , which has promised its former tovarishch millions of dollars in weapons, uniforms, helicopters, armored vehicles and training.

From Time

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

It was the function of Tovarishch Turenski to push a broom around the floors of the museum, and this he did with great determination and efficiency.

From Project Gutenberg