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comrade Definition

com·rade (käm′rad′, -rəd)

noun

  1. a friend; close companion
  2. a person who shares interests and activities in common with others; partner; associate: used as a form of address, as in a Communist party
  3. Informal a Communist; esp., a fellow Communist

Etymology: Fr camarade < Sp camarada, chamber mate < L camera: see camera

comrade Related Forms
com′·radely (-rəd lē) adjective com′·rade·ship′ noun
comrade Synonyms

comrade

n.

companion, confidant, confidante, intimate; see associate, friend 1. See syn. study at associate.

comrade Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • remind: He also reminded comrades that the left, including the SWP, was part of the answer and not just part of the problem.
  • fall: I will never leave fallen comrade to fall into the hands of the enemy and under no circumstances will I ever embarrass my country.
  • urge: And I'm urging all comrades to join my campaign.
  • murder: They carried the same instruments that their eleven murdered comrades would have carried.
  • ask: The Workers Solidarity Alliance asks all comrades, regardless of affiliation, to aid these strikers.
  • lose: And they have lost comrades, more than 1,100 brave Americans, whose memories this nation will honor forever.

Preposition: in

  • arm: My book is about my comrades in arms who fought by my side.

Adjective modifier

  • fallen: Another ape, too eager to get at them, stumbled over its fallen comrade.
  • wounded: Austin was killed on his third trip in advance of the front lines to rescue his wounded comrades.
  • Belgian: In fact, the Belgian comrades showed more than any others that they were not satisfied when this decision was communicated to them.
  • Italian: Anyway, two years ago, our Italian comrades were delegated to reach an agreement with the WSF on the question.
  • former: We value the support, of all our former comrades.
  • Russian: Thirdly, my Russian comrade 's Earl Gray Smokers will get a rejig from me in the next month or so.

Modifies a noun

  • callinicos: However, the reasons for the protest were obvious enough and it is typically disingenuous of comrade Callinicos to attempt to rewrite history.
  • worker: The Sacred Task of the Red Army Proletarians of all lands, comrade workers!

Noun used with modifier

  • swp: SWP comrades, including leading members of the alliance, did speak on numerous occasions, but never wearing their SA hats.
  • anarchist: EUROPE: In Spain, there has been serious recent repression of anarchists comrades, featuring state lies, conspiracy and violence.
  • platform: In the debate, comrade Mc Shane said Red Platform comrades were not sectarian.
  • party: Downstairs is a café where milicianos and party comrades have lively discussions.
  • woman: Her letter was not the only personal one that de Valéra received from his former women comrades.
comrade Quotes

Complete the mission, though I be the lone survivor. Never leave a fallen comrade to fall into the hands of the enemy.

—Anonymous

   The stubborn spearmen still made good Their dark impenetrable wood, Each stepping where his comrade stood The instant that he fell.

—Scott, Sir Walter