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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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Selfless sacrifice in order to stay with his comrades, stay with his unit until the very end.
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Jeff Wagner, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
The news division’s president and Beale’s old comrade-in-broadcasting-arms, Max Schumacher (William Holden), takes his friend out for a drink.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2026
More recently, volunteer Alpini have aided active service comrades in national emergencies, including avalanches and the Covid-19 pandemic.
—New York Times, 20 Feb. 2026
Villagrán conducted research on Chilean Air Force officers and non-commissioned officers who were tortured by their own comrades for refusing to participate in the coup.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026
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Jeff Wagner, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
The news division’s president and Beale’s old comrade-in-broadcasting-arms, Max Schumacher (William Holden), takes his friend out for a drink.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2026
More recently, volunteer Alpini have aided active service comrades in national emergencies, including avalanches and the Covid-19 pandemic.
—New York Times, 20 Feb. 2026
Villagrán conducted research on Chilean Air Force officers and non-commissioned officers who were tortured by their own comrades for refusing to participate in the coup.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 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 26 Feb. 2026.
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