comrade

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Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun a friend who is frequently in the company of another
  2. noun a fellow member of the Communist Party
  3. noun used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement

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.

In classic literature

Synonyms

companion, fellow, familiar, associate

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