comrade

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++com·rade /ˈkɒmrəd, -reɪd $ ˈkɑːmræd/ noun [countable] 1 formalFRIEND a friend, especially someone who shares difficult work or danger 〔尤指共患难的〕朋友 He misses his comrades from his days in the army. 他想念在部队时候的战友。2 WORKERsocialists or communists often call each other ‘comrade’, especially in meetings 同志〔社会主义者或共产主义者常常互称“同志”，尤其在开会时〕 Comrades, please support this motion. 同志们，请支持这项动议。 —comradely adjective

Examples from the Corpus

comrade• Comrade Yanayev has arrived.• For six months they had seen good comrades die unnecessarily; even their own generals had abandoned them.• And the same tensions continued after 1975 as southern Communists balked at domination by their northern comrades.• They belonged to every organization, social club, old comrades association, and church for miles around.• We have even found ourselves teaching a little bit of linguistics, since some of the comrades seemed interested.• Thirty-five of the Americans killed in the war were accidentally killed by their comrades.• I have seen too many dead and wounded comrades to feel otherwise than that the government has not sustained this army.Origin comrade (1500-1600) French camarade, from Old Spanish camarada “group of people sleeping in one room, friend”, from cámara “room”, from Late Latin camera; → CHAMBER

com·rade nounChineseSyllable

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comrade
com‧rade /ˈkɒmrəd, ˈkɒmrɪd, -reɪd $ ˈkɑːmræd/

noun [countable]

Date: 1500-1600
Language: French
Origin: camarade, from Old Spanish camarada 'group of people sleeping in one room, friend', from cámara 'room', from Late Latin camera; ⇨ chamber

1. formal a friend, especially someone who shares difficult work or danger: