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comrade.

A mate, companion, or associate.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɒmɹeɪd/Received-Pronunciation[ˈkʰɔmɹed]Multicultural-London-English/ˈkɑmɹæd/General-American/ˈkɑmɹəd/General-American
  1. A mate, companion, or associate.

  2. A mate, companion, or associate. A companion in battle; fellow soldier.

  3. A fellow socialist, communist or other similarly politically aligned person.

    broadly
    Hello, comrade. Are you going to the Communist Party meeting tonight?
  4. 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.
Where this word comes from

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.

verb/ˈkɒmɹeɪd/Received-Pronunciation[ˈkʰɔmɹed]Multicultural-London-English/ˈkɑmɹæd/General-American/ˈkɑmɹəd/General-American
  1. To associate with someone in a friendly way.

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

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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