Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A person who shares one's interests or activities; a friend or companion.
- n. A fellow member of a group, especially a fellow member of the Communist Party.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An intimate associate in occupation or friendship; a close companion; a fellow; a mate.
- n. Synonyms Friend, Companion, etc. See associate.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A mate, companion, or associate.
WordNet 3.0
- n. used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement
- n. a friend who is frequently in the company of another
- n. a fellow member of the Communist Party
Etymologies
- From late Middle English comered, from French camerade, from Italian camerata, from Medieval Latin *camarata, from Latin camara, camera ("a chamber"); see chamber. Compare camaraderie. (Wiktionary)
- French camarade, from Old French, roommate, from Old Spanish camarada, barracks company, roommate, from camara, room, from Late Latin camera; see chamber. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“This arrangement suits the prisoners of war, but as their comrade is unable to mend, they would like the woman, who previously did this job, to take it on again.”
“Although the word comrade has the etymological derivatives from the Spanish “camarada” or in English “chamber mate”, which would insinuate a relationship between us that exists beyond the platonic one.”
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“I have been berating myself so much for the desk situation, so having a comrade is nice.”
“We use the word comrade as soldiers speak about their fellow combatants as comrades-in-arms, amafela ndawonye.”
“The Eskimo looked at Johnny's regulation army shoes as he said the word comrade, but made no comment.”
“P: But they call their comrade and he took and hamstrung (her).”
“My comrade is English, I am Irish," said Ludar, "and unless we have food forthwith, we are not even that.”
“Putting on a look of injured innocence, he called his comrade Harry to corroborate what he had said.”
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“Whereupon she called a comrade from the book storehouse management and they both went off to the book storehouse to get my book.”
“You’re allowed to say FBI’s Hi-Tech Manhunt for Fugitive Marine or Marine may have used slain comrade’s ATM card in a headline – you are not allowed to say Mexican may have used slain comrade’s ATM card or FBI’s Hi-Tech Manhunt for Fugitive Mexican in a headline – the public doesn’t have the right to know”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘comrade’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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2nd part
prelude, ample, escalate, prototype, accession, acquisition, archives, zealot, indict, verdict, intimidating, timid and 454 more...
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HU Realia
Cultural realia from Hungary.
I have only included realia that already have an English spelling variant and DID NOT include Hungarian words that would be used in English texts unchang...charcoal kiln, embroidered felt ..., farmstead, golden stick, graft, herdsman’s whip, inn, lever well, limekiln, local border traffic, maypole, merino and 356 more...
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LIT - Iliad - key words and protagonists
depict, delegation, daughter, Dardanus, Dardanian, Dardan, Hellespont, cupbearer, Crete, Cretan, Creon, copulate and 713 more...
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people (good)
nouns for good people / words that describe good people.
go to the bad people list
( people, character, descriptor, noun )philanthropist, angel, environmentalist, activist, advocate, volunteer, hero, parent, friend, virtuoso, gentleman, helper and 62 more...
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Best words in Beatles songs
kaleidoscope, plasticine, porters, tangerine, marmalade, cellophane, turnstile, marshmallow, lingers, slither, restless, limitless and 91 more...
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je les adore!
fusillade, foal, celestial, abattoir, byzantium, berlin, casablanca, babylon, balkans, albion, avalon, between the devil... and 471 more...
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vocabs
to learn
fond, fuss, unhinged, syndication, mayhem, invoke, nostalgia, bizarre, blatantly, condemn, comrade, captivity and 89 more...
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kingrat47's Words
procrustean, devolution, cacophony, hippopotamus, crunch, beware, chortled, sibilant, subtle, undermine, acromegaly, acropolis and 645 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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favorite words
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Boon Companions
buddy, pal, mate, compatriot, my man, simpatico, comrade, paramour, better half, soulmate, confidant, partner and 14 more...
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Friends
homeboy, homie, friend, buddy, bro, dude, brother, dawg, pal, bff, girl, mate and 41 more...
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jillydrew's list
words I like. . .
gumption, recrimination, ignoble, scapegoat, prudent, dubious, impulsive, truth, disgrace, vag, caterpillar, wah and 5 more...
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School
List of words that are from school.
faux, benevolent, hangdog, contempt, crockery, tightwad, chloroform, antidisestablishm..., aficionado, consensus, disputatious, mouflon and 4 more...
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Friend or Foe
Also check out Reese Tee's Through Thick & Thin for more friend words.
comrade, netop, bro, bra, brah, girl, boy, dude, homie, dawg, best friend, BFF and 60 more...
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