comrade

noun

com·rade | \ ˈkäm-ˌrad

, -rəd, especially British -ˌrād \

Definition of comrade

1a : an intimate friend or associate : companion " … reflecting upon all my comrades that were drowned … "— Daniel Defoe

b : a fellow soldier comrades in battle

2 [from its use as a form of address by communists] : communist

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Other Words from comrade

comradeliness \ ˈkäm-ˌrad-lē-nəs

\ noun

comradely adjective

comradeship \ ˈkäm-ˌrad-ˌship

\ noun

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 As logic and a developing taste for blood demand, Macbeth now kills his comrade Banquo (Amber Gray). — New York Times, 29 Apr. 2022 On each of the firetrucks parked at the high school, a black line, signaling the death of a comrade, sat symbolically on each vehicle's crest. — Brock Blasdell, The Arizona Republic, 16 Apr. 2022 In 1926, Mussolini had his old comrade Gramsci arrested at his lodgings in Rome. — Thomas Meaney, The New Republic, 30 Mar. 2022 Kolumbet, wearing camouflage, spoke into his walkie-talkie to a comrade in the Ukrainian army’s 72nd Mechanized Brigade, Task Force Coyote. — Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2022 As in that 1973 movie, a semi-functional military man must reluctantly turn over an outcast comrade to the Man, but not without some partying along the way. — Kyle Smith, National Review, 18 Feb. 2022 An Italian comrade was killed, and shrapnel penetrated Berg’s liver. — Dan Kaufman, The New York Review of Books, 9 Feb. 2022 Last summer, the one-time hero was arrested and imprisoned by his old comrade, Ortega. — Nr Editors, National Review, 17 Feb. 2022 The collection features collaborations with artists including Usher, Ice Cube and his Super Bowl comrade Blige. — Melissa Ruggieri, The Enquirer, 14 Feb. 2022 See More

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