camaraderie

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noun ca·ma·ra·de·rie \ ˌkäm-ˈrä-d(ə-)rē , ˌkam- , ˌkä-mə- , ˌka- , -ˈra- \

Definition of camaraderie

:a spirit of friendly good-fellowship

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Examples of camaraderie in a Sentence

It is about the camaraderie of troops bound for Vietnam who as their leader warns, have one another and nothing but one another when they fall into hell. —Stanley Kauffmann, New Republic, 25 Mar. 2002
… men on the sunny side of middle age, physical, competitive, used to the quick camaraderie of the team, be it a firefighting squad or a trading desk. —Robert Lipsyte, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2002
Except for occasional bursts of camaraderie, which came like thunderstorms, we were never close. —W. P. Kinsella, Shoeless Joe, 1982
The best of adolescence was the intense male friendships—not only because of the cozy feelings of camaraderie they afforded … but because of the opportunity they provided for uncensored talk. —Philip Roth, Reading Myself and Others, 1975
There is great camaraderie among the teammates.
They have developed a real camaraderie after working together for so long.

Recent Examples of camaraderie from the Web

With the inevitable cuts looming and players feeling the pressure, there’s also a sense of camaraderie among teammates.

— bette marston, SI.com, "Hard Knocks, Episode 4: The Cuts Are Looming For Fringe Players," 30 Aug. 2017
The team won some and lost some but these summer memories of camaraderie and team work will live on.

— chris folks, Laurel Leader, "A swimming season for Wahoos [West Laurel]," 24 Aug. 2017
My actual best friend’s name is Keith, but this sambal chicken skewer recipe lives on a similar level of camaraderie.

— alex delany, Bon Appetit, "These Chicken Skewers Are My Best Friend (Kind Of)," 15 Aug. 2017
Whether the camaraderie and shedding of blood among the SDF fighting ISIS in Syria will give rise to a democratic, pluralistic Syria remains to be seen.

— andrew doran, National Review, "From Raqqa, with a Christian Unit on the Front Lines of the Caliphate War," 1 Aug. 2017
The feeling binding these wildly disparate factions together was the camaraderie that comes from patriotic rebellion against the old order.

— t.a. frank, The Hive, "Letter to a MAGA Nation: It’s Time to Let Go of Trump," 27 July 2017
Danielle Ripkey started implementing changes on the first day of summer camp in June to create a sense of camaraderie among the athletes.

— steve sadin, chicagotribune.com, "New coach Danielle Ripkey brings renewed camaraderie to Deerfield," 17 July 2017
Loyal communities form, a camaraderie that Arnold experienced firsthand.

— ann herold, Los Angeles Magazine, "These Photos Will Make You Fall in Love with LA’s Beaches All Over Again," 17 July 2017
Where Harbach champions the camaraderie of a college-baseball team, Habash focuses on the individuality and isolation of a single wrestler.

— alex mcelroy, The Atlantic, "Stephen Florida Reveals the Dark Toll of Athletic Greatness," 4 July 2017

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Get Friendly With the History of camaraderie

Camaraderie made its first appearance in English in the middle of the 19th century. It comes from camarade, the French word whose Middle French ancestor was also the source for our word comrade. In Middle French, camarade was used to mean "roommate," "companion," or "a group sleeping in one room." It derived by way of Old Spanish from the Late Latin camera, or camara, meaning "chamber." We also have the word comradery, which means the same thing as camaraderie but did not take the same etymological route as its synonym. That word, formed by attaching the -ry suffix (as found in wizardry and citizenry) to comrade, didn't appear in English until almost 40 years after camaraderie.