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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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Massachusetts was a draw for others as their comrades gathered for an unrelated wonkfest.
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Philip Elliott, Time, 4 Aug. 2025
In this feverish climate, Khomeini acquired a momentum that his non-clerical comrades hadn’t foreseen and couldn’t match.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Washington heroically rode between the lines and used his sword to stop soldiers from firing on their comrades.
—Aurora Martínez, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2025
Don’t think for a minute your GOP comrades hold you in esteem.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 10 July 2025
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Philip Elliott, Time, 4 Aug. 2025
In this feverish climate, Khomeini acquired a momentum that his non-clerical comrades hadn’t foreseen and couldn’t match.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Washington heroically rode between the lines and used his sword to stop soldiers from firing on their comrades.
—Aurora Martínez, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2025
Don’t think for a minute your GOP comrades hold you in esteem.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 10 July 2025
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 21 Aug. 2025.
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