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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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While former Imperial warlords drift about, trying to amass power, the New Republic sends out the Mandalorian to haul them back to headquarters to snitch on their comrades.
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Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 23 May 2026
In the absence of archive footage of Che, Benigno, Pombo, and Urbano and comrades in the jungles of Bolivia in the 1960s, the director turned to animation to illustrate the story.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 22 May 2026
Chapter veterans from five branches of services will honor several hundred comrades from Southern California who have died in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2026
Yet, none were more potent than his original comrade, Foux.
—Miki Hellerbach, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
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Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 23 May 2026
In the absence of archive footage of Che, Benigno, Pombo, and Urbano and comrades in the jungles of Bolivia in the 1960s, the director turned to animation to illustrate the story.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 22 May 2026
Chapter veterans from five branches of services will honor several hundred comrades from Southern California who have died in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2026
Yet, none were more potent than his original comrade, Foux.
—Miki Hellerbach, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for comrade
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“Comrade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comrade. Accessed 27 May. 2026.
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