comrade

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒmɹeɪd/ (MLE) IPA(key): [ˈkʰɔmɹed] (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑmɹæd/, /ˈkɑmɹəd/ (Republic of Ireland) IPA(key): /ˈkɒmɹeɪd/, /ˈkʊmɹeɪd/, /-ɹeːd/ (Northern Ireland) IPA(key): /ˈkɒmɹeɪd/, /ˈkʌmɹeɪd/, /-ɹeːd/ === Noun === comrade (plural comrades) A mate, companion, or associate. [from 1590s] A companion in battle; fellow soldier. (communism, by extension) A fellow socialist, communist or other similarly politically aligned person. [from 1884] (communism) A non-hierarchical title, functionally similar to "Mr.", "Mrs.", "Miss", "Ms." etc, in a communist, socialist, or rarely in an Islamist state. [from 1884] ==== Synonyms ==== see also Thesaurus:friend (title): compare sister, brother battle buddy tovarish compagno ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === comrade (third-person singular simple present comrades, present participle comrading, simple past and past participle comraded) (intransitive) To associate with someone in a friendly way. ==== Further reading ==== “comrade”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “comrade”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === References === Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “comrade (n.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. === Anagrams === DeMarco, Demarco, Mercado, caromed, dome car