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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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She gets roughed up by the homeless shelter’s resident sociopath (Lea Delaria, who is riveting) and meets comrades like the sweet Nova (Demi Lovato) and the combative Denise (Ariana DeBose), who’s as difficult as Amanda is.
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026
Hats off to the puppeteer and voice actor James Ortiz, who brings Grace’s alien comrade persuasively to life.
—Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2026
Indigenous communities in northern Europe and Canada treat wounds with birch tar and there is growing evidence that Neanderthals employed a variety of medical practices, including helping their sick or injured comrades.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 18 Mar. 2026
Antifa mobilizes in support of comrades on trial Ahead of jury deliberations, supporters of the defendants staged a protest on Wednesday afternoon outside the courthouse, with the apparent purpose of swaying the jury’s decision.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026
Hats off to the puppeteer and voice actor James Ortiz, who brings Grace’s alien comrade persuasively to life.
—Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2026
Indigenous communities in northern Europe and Canada treat wounds with birch tar and there is growing evidence that Neanderthals employed a variety of medical practices, including helping their sick or injured comrades.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 18 Mar. 2026
Antifa mobilizes in support of comrades on trial Ahead of jury deliberations, supporters of the defendants staged a protest on Wednesday afternoon outside the courthouse, with the apparent purpose of swaying the jury’s decision.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026
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“Comrade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comrade. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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