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

Recent Examples on the Web The show's plot takes place shortly after the events of Avengers: Endgame and sees former Avenger Wanda struggling with her grief over the death of her lover and comrade Vision (Paul Bettany). — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, "Even The Minds Behind WandaVision Struggled To Piece Together Its Storyline," 4 Feb. 2021 Jackson and King met in 1956 when King's closest comrade, the Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, or SCLC, invited her to support the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama. — NBC News, "From Coretta Scott King to Ella Baker: These women's ideas were key to MLK's work," 18 Jan. 2021 Two days after takeoff, a CIA aircraft finally spotted Ray’s parachute, and men helicoptered in to locate their comrade. — Sarah Scoles, Popular Science, "A CIA spyplane crashed outside Area 51 a half-century ago. This explorer found it.," 5 Jan. 2021 His father, Xi Zhongxun, a former comrade of Mao’s, was purged repeatedly. — Barbara Demick, The Atlantic, "Uncovering the Cultural Revolution’s Awful Truths," 18 Dec. 2020 If a comrade was arrested, as happened increasingly often: eggs, ful stew, hot bread. — New York Times, "Accepting the Danger of Human Rights Work in Egypt, With Food and Humor," 30 Nov. 2020 Mike’s angry outburst against other drivers rings funny, while Kyle’s disappointment toward his comrade resonates with sadness. — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, "Review: Is ‘The Climb’ the greatest bromantic comedy ever?," 11 Nov. 2020 The Ravens coped with the emotional punch of losing their comrade. — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, "Five Things We Learned from the Ravens’ 28-24 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers," 2 Nov. 2020 Not knowing whether our comrade was alive or dead, we were now forced to fight room to room to recover him. — Elliott Ackerman, Wired, "A Navy SEAL, a Quadcopter, and a Quest to Save Lives in Combat," 30 Oct. 2020

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