comrade

noun

com·rade | \ ˈkäm-ˌrad

, -rəd, especially British -ˌrād\

Definition of comrade

1a : an intimate friend or associate : companion " … reflecting upon all my comrades that were drowned … "— Daniel Defoe

b : a fellow soldier comrades in battle

2 [ from its use as a form of address by communists ] : communist

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Other Words from comrade

comradeliness \ ˈkäm-ˌrad-lē-nəs

\ noun

comradely adjective

comradeship \ ˈkäm-ˌrad-ˌship

\ noun

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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Experiencing such disillusionment might not seem as traumatic as coming under enemy fire or seeing a comrade die. — New York Times, "The Wounds of the Drone Warrior," 13 June 2018 Calder has only met Prince Harry once, but described him as a genial Army comrade. — Lena Grossman, Time, "Prince Harry's Army Comrades Are 'Pretty Excited' About Their Royal Wedding Role," 10 May 2018 Before Kevin walks out the door, the comrade gives him a letter that includes a photo of Jack with a mysterious woman in Vietnam. — Candice Frederick, Harper's BAZAAR, "This Is Us Season 3 Episode 5 Tells the Heartbreaking Truth About Toby," 23 Oct. 2018 Meanwhile, his comrades peppered my troops with arrows and crossbow bolts. — Owen Duffy, Ars Technica, "Wildlands may be the slickest, simplest fantasy skirmish game ever made," 1 Dec. 2018 In the chaos, the 26-year-old Kaemmerling rushed to help his comrades and was cut down by shrapnel and bullets. — Raf Casert, BostonGlobe.com, "1918 battle was turning point for US forces in World War I," 26 May 2018 Hadden-Paton plays Higgins just as Shaw wrote him: vital and appetizing, and attached mainly to his mother—who is fondly wary of him—and his companionable comrade in phonetics, Pickering. — Corby Kummer, The Atlantic, "How Do Carousel and My Fair Lady Fare in 2018?," 8 July 2018 Each man’s sense of injustice echoed off the grievances of comrades, building to an angry crescendo. — Michael M. Phillips, WSJ, "The One Time American Troops Fought Russians Was at the End of World War I—and They Lost," 9 Nov. 2018 Kevin traces a picture of Jack from his Vietnam days to the home of one of his Jack's comrades. — Candice Frederick, Harper's BAZAAR, "This Is Us Season 3 Episode 5 Tells the Heartbreaking Truth About Toby," 23 Oct. 2018

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