Did you know?
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
Recent Examples on the Web
There were a lot of people, maybe more than five hundred, activists and relatives and friends and comrades.
—
Mariana Enriquez
october 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
Minnesota Wild players, who parked in the players’ garage just off the road temporarily dubbed W 97th Street, are delighted to see their comrade for effectively the next nine years.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Edwards and the surviving agents who were part of Haverford’s team spread out to Istanbul, Tehran, and Virginia to avenge their fallen comrades.
—Demetrius Patterson, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
But Godard, unlike some of his comrades, has yet to direct his first picture.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for comrade
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Mariana Enriquez
october 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
Minnesota Wild players, who parked in the players’ garage just off the road temporarily dubbed W 97th Street, are delighted to see their comrade for effectively the next nine years.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Edwards and the surviving agents who were part of Haverford’s team spread out to Istanbul, Tehran, and Virginia to avenge their fallen comrades.
—Demetrius Patterson, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
But Godard, unlike some of his comrades, has yet to direct his first picture.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for comrade
Cite this Entry
“Comrade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comrade. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share