Meanings
nouncomrade (plural comrades)
plural comrades
- A mate, companion, or associate.First known use 1590s
[… these tears] Which weep the comrade of my choice, An awful thought, a life removed, The human-hearted man I loved, A spirit, not a breathing voice.
1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XIII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 20 - broadlycommunismA fellow socialist, communist or other similarly politically aligned person.First known use 1884
Hello, comrade. Are you going to the Communist Party meeting tonight?
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Many comrades like Chang Te-fa, deputy secretary of the Party committee of Hsialuho commune of K'uantien county, precisely see the hope of the revolutionary cause in the youths.
1976, Survey of People's Republic of China Press, numbers 6086–6105, United States Consulate General (Hong Kong), →ISSN, →OCLC, page 187"How is it, comrades?" the admiral shouted through a bullhorn at each ship. "Rah, rah, rah!" the sailors shouted back in unison.
1989 May, Priit J. Vesilind, “The Baltic: Arena of Power”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 604 - communismA non-hierarchical title, functionally similar to "Mr.", "Mrs.", "Miss", "Ms." etc, in a communist, socialist, or rarely in an Islamist state.First known use 1884
Comrade Lenin inspired our people to undertake great works.
Synonyms: compare sister, brother
verbcomrade (third-person singular simple present comrades, present participle comrading, simple past and past participle comraded)
present singular third person comrades · participle present comrading · participle past comraded · past comraded
- intransitiveTo associate with someone in a friendly way.
But she was happy, for she was far away under another sky, and comrading again with her Rangers, and her animal friends, and the soldiers.
1916, Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA non-hierarchical title, functionally similar to "Mr.", "Mrs.", "Miss", "Ms." etc, in a communist, socialist, or rarely in an Islamist state.
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compare sisterbrother
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nouna friend who is frequently in the company of another
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nounused as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement
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Origin
- Latincamara
- Medieval Latin*camarata
- Italiancamerata“chamber mate”
- Spanishcamarada
- Middle Frenchcamarade
- Englishcomrade
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.
More words from Middle French, Spanish, Italian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἑταῖρος, ἑταίρᾱ
- ἑταῖρος (hetaîros)mate, companion, or associate
- ἑταίρᾱ (hetaírā)mate, companion, or associate
- σύζυγος (súzugos)mate, companion, or associate
Arabic رَفِيق, رَفِيقَة
- رَفِيق (rafīq)companion in battle, fellow soldier
- رَفِيقَة (rafīqa)companion in battle, fellow soldier
- رَفِيق (rafīq)fellow socialist or communist
- رَفِيقَة (rafīqa)fellow socialist or communist
- رَفِيق (rafīq)title used in leftist circles
- رَفِيقَة (rafīqa)title used in leftist circles
- رَفِيق (rafīq)mate, companion, or associate
- رَفِيقَة (rafīqa)mate, companion, or associate
- صَدِيق (ṣadīq)mate, companion, or associate
- صَدِيقَة (ṣadīqa)mate, companion, or associate
Basque kamarada, lagun
- kamaradacompanion in battle, fellow soldier
- lagunmate, companion, or associate
Bengali কমরেড, কমরেড
- কমরেড (komreḍ)fellow socialist or communist
- কমরেড (komreḍ)title used in leftist circles
Bulgarian друга́р, друга́рка
- друга́р (drugár)fellow socialist or communist
- друга́рка (drugárka)fellow socialist or communist
- друга́р (drugár)title used in leftist circles
- друга́рка (drugárka)title used in leftist circles
- друга́р (drugár)mate, companion, or associate
- друга́рка (drugárka)mate, companion, or associate
Catalan camarada, camarada
- camaradacompanion in battle, fellow soldier
- camaradafellow socialist or communist
- camaradatitle used in leftist circles
- camaradamate, companion, or associate
Chinese Cantonese 同志, 戰友 /战友
- 同志companion in battle, fellow soldier
- 戰友 /战友 (zin³ jau⁵)companion in battle, fellow soldier
- 同志fellow socialist or communist
- 同志title used in leftist circles
- 同志mate, companion, or associate
Chinese Mandarin 同志, 戰友 /战友
- 同志 (tóngzhì)companion in battle, fellow soldier
- 戰友 /战友 (zhànyǒu)companion in battle, fellow soldier
- 同志 (tóngzhì)fellow socialist or communist
- 同志 (tóngzhì)title used in leftist circles
- 同志 (tóngzhì)mate, companion, or associate
Czech soudruh, soudružka
- soudruhfellow socialist or communist
- soudružkafellow socialist or communist
- soudruhtitle used in leftist circles
- soudružkatitle used in leftist circles
- kamarádmate, companion, or associate
- druhmate, companion, or associate
- družkamate, companion, or associate
Danish kammerat, krigskammerat
- kammeratcompanion in battle, fellow soldier
- krigskammeratcompanion in battle, fellow soldier
- våbenbrodercompanion in battle, fellow soldier
- kampfællecompanion in battle, fellow soldier
- våbenfællecompanion in battle, fellow soldier
- kammeratfellow socialist or communist
- kammerattitle used in leftist circles
- kammeratmate, companion, or associate
- makkermate, companion, or associate
Dutch strijdmakker, maat
- strijdmakkercompanion in battle, fellow soldier
- maatcompanion in battle, fellow soldier
- kameraadcompanion in battle, fellow soldier
- kameraadfellow socialist or communist
- kameraadtitle used in leftist circles
- makkermate, companion, or associate
- maatmate, companion, or associate
- kameraadmate, companion, or associate
Esperanto kamarado, kamarado
- kamaradofellow socialist or communist
- kamaradotitle used in leftist circles
- k-dotitle used in leftist circles
- kamaradomate, companion, or associate
- samideanomate, companion, or associate
Estonian seltsimees, seltsimees
- seltsimeesfellow socialist or communist
- seltsimeestitle used in leftist circles
Finnish taistelutoveri, toveri
- taistelutovericompanion in battle, fellow soldier
- toverifellow socialist or communist
- toverititle used in leftist circles
- kaverimate, companion, or associate
French camarade, camarade
- camaradecompanion in battle, fellow soldier
- camaradefellow socialist or communist
- camaradetitle used in leftist circles
- camarademate, companion, or associate
German Kamerad, Genosse
- Kameradcompanion in battle, fellow soldier
- Genossefellow socialist or communist
- Genossinfellow socialist or communist
- Genossetitle used in leftist circles
- Kameradmate, companion, or associate
Greek συμπολεμιστής, συστρατιώτης
- συμπολεμιστής (sympolemistís)companion in battle, fellow soldier
- συστρατιώτης (systratiótis)companion in battle, fellow soldier
- σύντροφος (sýntrofos)fellow socialist or communist
- συντρόφισσα (syntrófissa)fellow socialist or communist
- σύντροφος (sýntrofos)title used in leftist circles
- συντρόφισσα (syntrófissa)title used in leftist circles
- συνάδελφος (synádelfos)mate, companion, or associate
- συναδέλφισσα (synadélfissa)mate, companion, or associate
Hebrew חָבֵר, חֲבֵרָה
- חָבֵר (khavér)fellow socialist or communist
- חֲבֵרָה (khaverá)fellow socialist or communist
- חָבֵר (khavér)title used in leftist circles
- חֲבֵרָה (khaverá)title used in leftist circles
Hindi साथी, साथी
- साथी (sāthī)companion in battle, fellow soldier
- साथी (sāthī)fellow socialist or communist
- कामरेड (kāmreḍ)fellow socialist or communist
- रफ़ीक़ (rafīq)fellow socialist or communist
- कॉमरेड (kŏmreḍ)fellow socialist or communist
- कामरेड (kāmreḍ)title used in leftist circles
- साथी (sāthī)title used in leftist circles
- रफ़ीक़ (rafīq)title used in leftist circles
- कॉमरेड (kŏmreḍ)title used in leftist circles
- रफ़ीक़ (rafīq)mate, companion, or associate
- साथी (sāthī)mate, companion, or associate
Hungarian bajtárs, elvtárs
- bajtárscompanion in battle, fellow soldier
- elvtársfellow socialist or communist
- elvtársnőfellow socialist or communist
- elvtárstitle used in leftist circles
- elvtársnőtitle used in leftist circles
- pajtásmate, companion, or associate
Icelandic félagi
- félagititle used in leftist circles
Indonesian kamerad, kamerad
- kameradfellow socialist or communist
- kameradtitle used in leftist circles
- kameradmate, companion, or associate
Irish comrádaí, comrádaí
- comrádaícompanion in battle, fellow soldier
- comrádaífellow socialist or communist
- comrádaítitle used in leftist circles
- comrádaímate, companion, or associate
Italian compagno, compagna
- compagnofellow socialist or communist
- compagnafellow socialist or communist
- compagnotitle used in leftist circles
- compagnatitle used in leftist circles
Japanese 戦友, 同志
- 戦友 (sen'yū)companion in battle, fellow soldier
- 同志 (dōshi)fellow socialist or communist
- 同志 (dōshi)title used in leftist circles
- 仲間 (nakama)mate, companion, or associate
- 同志 (dōshi)mate, companion, or associate
- 同伴者 (dōhansha)mate, companion, or associate
- 同僚 (dōryō)mate, companion, or associate
Korean 전우, 동지
- 전우 (jeonu)companion in battle, fellow soldier
- 동지 (dongji)fellow socialist or communist
- 동무 (dongmu)fellow socialist or communist
- 동무 (dongmu)title used in leftist circles
- 동지 (dongji)title used in leftist circles
- 동무 (dongmu)mate, companion, or associate
- 동지 (dongji)mate, companion, or associate
- 동료 (dongnyo)mate, companion, or associate
- 동반자 (dongbanja)mate, companion, or associate
- 동행자 (donghaengja)mate, companion, or associate
Latin commīlitō, comes
- commīlitōcompanion in battle, fellow soldier
- comestitle used in leftist circles
- comesmate, companion, or associate
- sociusmate, companion, or associate
Latvian biedrs, biedre
- biedrsfellow socialist or communist
- biedrefellow socialist or communist
- biedrenefellow socialist or communist
- biedrstitle used in leftist circles
- biedretitle used in leftist circles
- biedrenetitle used in leftist circles
Lithuanian draugas, draugė
- draugasfellow socialist or communist
- draugėfellow socialist or communist
- draugastitle used in leftist circles
- draugėtitle used in leftist circles
- bičiulismate, companion, or associate
- bičiulėmate, companion, or associate
- bendražygismate, companion, or associate
- bendražygėmate, companion, or associate
Malay saudara or saudari, komrad
- saudara or saudarifellow socialist or communist
- komradfellow socialist or communist
- kameradfellow socialist or communist
- kawanfellow socialist or communist
- sahabatfellow socialist or communist
- saudara or saudarititle used in leftist circles
- rakan seperjuanganmate, companion, or associate
- komradmate, companion, or associate
Norwegian Bokmål kamerat, kamerat
- kameratfellow socialist or communist
- kamerattitle used in leftist circles
Polish towarzysz, towarzysz
- towarzyszcompanion in battle, fellow soldier
- towarzyszfellow socialist or communist
- towarzyszkafellow socialist or communist
- towarzysztitle used in leftist circles
- towarzyszkatitle used in leftist circles
- kamratmate, companion, or associate
- kompanmate, companion, or associate
- towarzyszmate, companion, or associate
- kolegamate, companion, or associate
- koleżankamate, companion, or associate
- druhmate, companion, or associate
Portuguese camarada, camarada
- camaradacompanion in battle, fellow soldier
- camaradafellow socialist or communist
- companheirofellow socialist or communist
- camaradatitle used in leftist circles
- camaradamate, companion, or associate
- parceiromate, companion, or associate
- companheiromate, companion, or associate
Romanian camarad, tovarăș
- camaradcompanion in battle, fellow soldier
- tovarășcompanion in battle, fellow soldier
- tovarășfellow socialist or communist
- tovarășăfellow socialist or communist
- tovarăștitle used in leftist circles
- tovarășătitle used in leftist circles
- tovarășmate, companion, or associate
- camaradmate, companion, or associate
Russian това́рищ, камара́д
- това́рищ (továrišč)companion in battle, fellow soldier
- камара́д (kamarád)companion in battle, fellow soldier
- сора́тник (sorátnik)companion in battle, fellow soldier
- сора́тница (sorátnica)companion in battle, fellow soldier
- това́рищ (továrišč)fellow socialist or communist
- камара́д (kamarád)fellow socialist or communist
- това́рищ (továrišč)title used in leftist circles
- това́рищ (továrišč)mate, companion, or associate
- друг (drug)mate, companion, or associate
- подру́га (podrúga)mate, companion, or associate
Slovak súdruh, súdružka
- súdruhfellow socialist or communist
- súdružkafellow socialist or communist
- súdruhtitle used in leftist circles
- súdružkatitle used in leftist circles
- druhmate, companion, or associate
- družkamate, companion, or associate
Spanish camarada, conmilitón
- camaradacompanion in battle, fellow soldier
- conmilitóncompanion in battle, fellow soldier
- compañerofellow socialist or communist
- compañerafellow socialist or communist
- camaradafellow socialist or communist
- camaradatitle used in leftist circles
- compañerotitle used in leftist circles
- compañeratitle used in leftist circles
- compañeromate, companion, or associate
- colegamate, companion, or associate
- camaradamate, companion, or associate
- correligionariomate, companion, or associate
Swahili rafiki, komredi
- rafikifellow socialist or communist
- komredifellow socialist or communist
- ndugutitle used in leftist circles
- komredititle used in leftist circles
- rafikimate, companion, or associate
Swedish kamrat, kamrat
- kamratcompanion in battle, fellow soldier
- kamratfellow socialist or communist
- kamrattitle used in leftist circles
- kamratmate, companion, or associate
Tagalog kasama, kasama
- kasamafellow socialist or communist
- kasamatitle used in leftist circles
Tamil தோழர், தோழர்
- தோழர் (tōḻar)fellow socialist or communist
- தோழர் (tōḻar)title used in leftist circles
Thai สหาย, สหาย
- สหาย (sà-hǎai)fellow socialist or communist
- สหาย (sà-hǎai)title used in leftist circles
Turkish yoldaş, yoldaş
- yoldaşfellow socialist or communist
- yoldaştitle used in leftist circles
- yoldaşmate, companion, or associate
Ukrainian това́риш, това́ришка
- това́риш (továryš)companion in battle, fellow soldier
- това́ришка (továryška)companion in battle, fellow soldier
- това́риш (továryš)fellow socialist or communist
- това́ришка (továryška)fellow socialist or communist
- това́риш (továryš)title used in leftist circles
- това́ришка (továryška)title used in leftist circles
- това́риш (továryš)mate, companion, or associate
- това́ришка (továryška)mate, companion, or associate
- друг (druh)mate, companion, or associate
- подру́га (podrúha)mate, companion, or associate
- по́друга (pódruha)mate, companion, or associate
Urdu ساتھی, کامْریڈ
- ساتھی (sāthī)fellow socialist or communist
- کامْریڈ (kāmreḍ)fellow socialist or communist
- کامْریڈ (kāmreḍ)title used in leftist circles
- رَفِیق (rafīq)mate, companion, or associate
Vietnamese đồng chí, đồng chí
- đồng chícompanion in battle, fellow soldier
- đồng chífellow socialist or communist
- đồng chítitle used in leftist circles
- đồng chímate, companion, or associate
- bằng hữumate, companion, or associate
Yiddish גענאָסע, קאַמעראַד
- גענאָסע (genose)fellow socialist or communist
- קאַמעראַד (kamerad)fellow socialist or communist
- חבֿר (khaver)fellow socialist or communist
- גענאָסינע (genosine)fellow socialist or communist
- חבֿרטע (khaverte)fellow socialist or communist
- חבֿר (khaver)title used in leftist circles
- גענאָסע (genose)title used in leftist circles
- חבֿרטע (khaverte)title used in leftist circles
- חבֿר (khaver)mate, companion, or associate
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