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Webster 1913 Edition
Comrade
Com′rade
(? or ?; 277)
, Noun.
[Sp.
camarada
, fr. L. camara
, a chamber; hence, a chamber-fellowship, and then a chamber-fellow: cf. F. camarade
. Cf. Chamber
.] A mate, companion, or associate.
And turned my flying
comrades
to the charge. J. Baillie.
I abjure all roofs, and choose . . .
To be a
To be a
comrade
with the wolf and owl. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Comrade
COMRADE
, n., Literally, one who lodges in the same room. Hence in a more general sense, a fellow, a mate or companion; an associate in occupation.Definition 2024
comrade
comrade
English
Noun
comrade (plural comrades)
- A mate, companion, or associate.
- A companion in battle; fellow soldier.
- A fellow socialist, communist or other very politically leftist person.
- Hello, comrade. Are you going to the CCP meeting?
- A gender-neutral title, functionally similar to "Mr.", "Mrs.", "Miss", "Ms." etc, in left-wing circles or in a socialist state.
- Comrade Lenin inspired our people to undertake great works.
Synonyms
- see also Wikisaurus:friend
- (title): compare sister, brother
- battle buddy
- tovarish
Related terms
Translations
mate, companion, or associate
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companion in battle, fellow soldier
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fellow socialist or communist
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title used in leftist circles
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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.
- Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger
- But she was happy, for she was far away under another sky, and comrading again with her Rangers, and her animal friends, and the soldiers.
- Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger
External links
- comrade in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- comrade in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911