COMRADE

brother, comrade

(noun) used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement; “Greetings, comrade!”

companion, comrade, fellow, familiar, associate

(noun) a friend who is frequently in the company of another; “drinking companions”; “comrades in arms”

Comrade

(noun) a fellow member of the Communist Party

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

comrade (plural comrades)

A mate, companion, or associate.

A companion in battle; fellow soldier.

(communism) A fellow socialist, communist or other similarly politically aligned person.

(communism) A gender-neutral title, functionally similar to "Mr.", "Mrs.", "Miss", "Ms." etc, in a communist or socialist state.

Synonyms

• see also friend

• (title): compare sister, brother

• battle buddy

• tovarish

• compagno

Verb

comrade (third-person singular simple present comrades, present participle comrading, simple past and past participle comraded)

(transitive) To associate with in a friendly way.

Anagrams

• DeMarco, Demarco, Mercado, caromed, dome car

Source: Wiktionary


Com"rade ( or ; 277), n. Etym: [Sp. camarada, fr. L. camara, a chamber; hence, a chamber-fellowship, and then a chamber-fellow: cf. F. camarade. Cf. Chamber.]

Definition: A mate, companion, or associate. And turned my flying comrades to the charge. J. Baillie. I abjure all roofs, and choose . . . To be a comrade with the wolf and owl. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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