Definition of comrade
comradely
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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
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.
Origin and Etymology of comrade
Middle French camarade group sleeping in one room, roommate, companion, from Old Spanish camarada, from cámara room, from Late Latin camera, camara — more at chamber
First Known Use: 1544
COMRADE Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of comrade for English Language Learners
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: a close friend you have worked with, been in the military with, etc.
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Comrade —used as a title for a member of a communist party
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