Hypertext Webster Gateway: "comrade"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Comrade \Com"rade\ (? or ?; 277), n. [Sp. camarada, fr. L.
camara, a chamber; hence, a chamber-fellowship, and then a
chamber-fellow: cf. F. camarade. Cf. {Chamber}.]
A mate, companion, or associate.
And turned my flying comrades to the charge. --J.
Baillie.
I abjure all roofs, and choose . . . To be a comrade
with the wolf and owl. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
comrade
n 1: a person who is frequently in the company of another;
"drinking companions"; "comrades in arms" [syn: {companion},
{fellow}, {familiar}, {associate}]
2: a fellow member of the Communist Party [syn: {Comrade}]
3: used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in
the same movement; "Greetings, comrade!" [syn: {brother}]
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