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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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All of our colleagues are deeply saddened by the loss of such a devoted comrade.
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Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 26 Nov. 2025
In truth, Perfidia and her comrades stretch beyond any easy interpretations of Black female sexuality—and maternity—on the big screen.
—Anna Holmes, The Atlantic, 26 Nov. 2025
The discomfort that arises in watching Perfidia rat on her comrades or Lockjaw proclaim his rapacious desire for Black girls courses through the finale.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025
At the same time that punters have been getting less and less use, field-goal kickers, their clean-uniformed comrades, are being brought out for longer and longer attempts—and hitting them at a historically high rate.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025
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Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 26 Nov. 2025
In truth, Perfidia and her comrades stretch beyond any easy interpretations of Black female sexuality—and maternity—on the big screen.
—Anna Holmes, The Atlantic, 26 Nov. 2025
The discomfort that arises in watching Perfidia rat on her comrades or Lockjaw proclaim his rapacious desire for Black girls courses through the finale.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025
At the same time that punters have been getting less and less use, field-goal kickers, their clean-uniformed comrades, are being brought out for longer and longer attempts—and hitting them at a historically high rate.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 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 30 Nov. 2025.
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