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In Latin, camara or camera denoted a vaulted ceiling or roof. Later, the word simply mean “room, chamber” and was inherited by many European languages with that meaning. In the Spanish, the word became cámara, and a derivative of that was camarada “a group of soldiers quartered in a room” and hence “fellow soldier, companion.” That Spanish word was borrowed into French as camarade and then into Elizabethan English as both camerade and comerade.
Examples of comrade in a Sentence
He enjoys spending time with his old army comrades.
the boy, and two others who are known to be his comrades, are wanted for questioning by the police
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His mission is to avenge the death of his only friend, while protecting his fallen comrade’s daughter from the forces that destroyed her family.
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026
War Machine makes 81’s reluctance to give pep talks, or even try to ingratiate himself with his comrades-in-arms, the subject of one of its very few overt jokes.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
Just like its comrades, Flanagan's has its own quirky corner of the triangle.
—Amanda Hancock, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Mar. 2026
From the agency’s command post five stories beneath a high-rise in Kyiv, the general and several of his comrades, including Fedorov, monitored the launch of the naval drones on a bank of screens.
—Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2026
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026
War Machine makes 81’s reluctance to give pep talks, or even try to ingratiate himself with his comrades-in-arms, the subject of one of its very few overt jokes.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
Just like its comrades, Flanagan's has its own quirky corner of the triangle.
—Amanda Hancock, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Mar. 2026
From the agency’s command post five stories beneath a high-rise in Kyiv, the general and several of his comrades, including Fedorov, monitored the launch of the naval drones on a bank of screens.
—Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2026
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“Comrade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comrade. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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