Comrade

//ˈkɒmɹeɪd// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A mate, companion, or associate.

    "[… these tears] Which weep the comrade of my choice, ⁠An awful thought, a life removed, ⁠The human-hearted man I loved, A spirit, not a breathing voice."

  2. 2
    used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement wordnet
  3. 3
    A mate, companion, or associate.; A companion in battle; fellow soldier.

    "Wierzbowski and his men were so exhausted that they could hardly stay awake, but they knew they could not abandon their wounded comrades."

  4. 4
    a friend who is frequently in the company of another wordnet
  5. 5
    A fellow socialist, communist or other similarly politically aligned person. broadly

    "Hello, comrade. Are you going to the Communist Party meeting tonight?"

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  1. 6
    a fellow member of the Communist Party wordnet
  2. 7
    A non-hierarchical title, functionally similar to "Mr.", "Mrs.", "Miss", "Ms." etc, in a communist, socialist, or rarely in an Islamist state.

    "Comrade Lenin inspired our people to undertake great works."

Verb
  1. 1
    To associate with someone in a friendly way. intransitive

    "But she was happy, for she was far away under another sky, and comrading again with her Rangers, and her animal friends, and the soldiers."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From late Middle English ^((please verify)) comered, from Middle French camarade, from Spanish camarada or Italian camerata (“chamber mate”), from Medieval Latin *camarata, from Latin camara, camera (“vaulted room, chamber”); see chamber. Compare camaraderie.

Etymology 2

From late Middle English ^((please verify)) comered, from Middle French camarade, from Spanish camarada or Italian camerata (“chamber mate”), from Medieval Latin *camarata, from Latin camara, camera (“vaulted room, chamber”); see chamber. Compare camaraderie.

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