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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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Here’s the good news, comrades, and a nifty solution for those who want to take in the usual touristic haunts--Disneyland, Universal Studios Tour, etc.--without reaching for the blood pressure pills every ten minutes.
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David Weiss, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
But who exactly is The Sentry, what are his origins, powers, and comrades in the fight against justice, and what’s the deal with his evil subconscious manifestation, The Void?
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Those foreigners who remained in Moscow too long ultimately shared the fate of many of their Soviet comrades, executed during Stalin’s purges of the 1930s.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Pascal’s comrades are questioning his sympathetic stance toward local farmers.
—Bartolomeo Sala, The Dial, 27 Mar. 2025
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David Weiss, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
But who exactly is The Sentry, what are his origins, powers, and comrades in the fight against justice, and what’s the deal with his evil subconscious manifestation, The Void?
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Those foreigners who remained in Moscow too long ultimately shared the fate of many of their Soviet comrades, executed during Stalin’s purges of the 1930s.
—Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Pascal’s comrades are questioning his sympathetic stance toward local farmers.
—Bartolomeo Sala, The Dial, 27 Mar. 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 20 May. 2025.
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