comrade
noun
- friend or ally
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈkɒmɹeɪd/ / [ˈkʰɔmɹed] / /ˈkɑmɹæd/
noun
Etymology: From earlier cumrade, camrade, comerade, camerade, camarade, from Middle French camarade, from Spanish camarada or Italian camerata (“chamber mate”), from Medieval Latin *camarata, from Latin camara, camera (“vaulted room, chamber”); see chamber. Compare camaraderie and chamberlain.
- A mate, companion, or associate.
“[… these tears] Which weep the comrade of my choice, An awful thought, a life removed, The human-hearted man I loved, A spirit, not a breathing voice.”
- A mate, companion, or associate.
“Wierzbowski and his men were so exhausted that they could hardly stay awake, but they knew they could not abandon their wounded comrades.”
- A fellow socialist, communist or other similarly politically aligned person.
“Hello, comrade. Are you going to the Communist Party meeting tonight?”
“Many comrades like Chang Te-fa, deputy secretary of the Party committee of Hsialuho commune of K'uantien county, precisely see the hope of the revolutionary cause in the youths.”
- A non-hierarchical title, functionally similar to "Mr.", "Mrs.", "Miss", "Ms." etc, in a communist, socialist, or rarely in an Islamist state.
“Comrade Lenin inspired our people to undertake great works.”
verb
Etymology: From earlier cumrade, camrade, comerade, camerade, camarade, from Middle French camarade, from Spanish camarada or Italian camerata (“chamber mate”), from Medieval Latin *camarata, from Latin camara, camera (“vaulted room, chamber”); see chamber. Compare camaraderie and chamberlain.
- To associate with someone in a friendly way.
“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.”