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comrade

com·rade

UK/ˈkɒmɹeɪd/ US/ˈkʰɔmɹed/ common

noun

1.

a person who is frequently in the company of another

  • “drinking companions”
  • “comrades in arms”
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3.

used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement

  • “Greetings, comrade!”
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Origin

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.

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  • comrade in arms

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