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Comrade - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Comrade : (noun)
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]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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