Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person who shares one's interests or activities; a friend or companion.
- noun A fellow member of a group, especially a fellow member of the Communist Party.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An intimate associate in occupation or friendship; a close companion; a fellow; a mate.
- noun Synonyms Friend, Companion, etc. See
associate .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A mate, companion, or associate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
mate ,companion , orassociate . - noun A
companion in battle; fellowsoldier . - noun Comrade Lenin
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement
- noun a friend who is frequently in the company of another
- noun a fellow member of the Communist Party
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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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.
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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.
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We use the word comrade as soldiers speak about their fellow combatants as comrades-in-arms, amafela ndawonye.
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We use the word comrade as soldiers speak about their fellow combatants as comrades-in-arms, amafela ndawonye.
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The Eskimo looked at Johnny's regulation army shoes as he said the word comrade, but made no comment.
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P: But they call their comrade and he took and hamstrung (her).
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"My comrade is English, I am Irish," said Ludar, "and unless we have food forthwith, we are not even that."
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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.
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