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In Latin, camara or camera denoted a vaulted ceiling or roof. Later, the word simply mean “room, chamber” and was inherited by many European languages with that meaning. In the Spanish, the word became cámara, and a derivative of that was camarada “a group of soldiers quartered in a room” and hence “fellow soldier, companion.” That Spanish word was borrowed into French as camarade and then into Elizabethan English as both camerade and comerade.
Examples of comrade in a Sentence
He enjoys spending time with his old army comrades.
the boy, and two others who are known to be his comrades, are wanted for questioning by the police
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After two inattentive supervisors leave a group of miners trapped underground following a methane explosion during a Valentine’s Day dance, one miner must cannibalize his deceased comrades to survive until he is freed from the shaft — a week later.
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Brooke Knisley, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2025
Indeed, 10 minutes later Vasyl receives an order to deploy urgently to an infantry post, and hugs his surprised comrades goodbye.
—Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Feb. 2025
Disaster struck when a team of firefighters trying to rescue two comrades trapped in the building were themselves imperiled by a collapsing wall.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
Acting decisively, the infantryman administered first aid to wounded comrades and helped move them to safety.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
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Brooke Knisley, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2025
Indeed, 10 minutes later Vasyl receives an order to deploy urgently to an infantry post, and hugs his surprised comrades goodbye.
—Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Feb. 2025
Disaster struck when a team of firefighters trying to rescue two comrades trapped in the building were themselves imperiled by a collapsing wall.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
Acting decisively, the infantryman administered first aid to wounded comrades and helped move them to safety.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for comrade
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“Comrade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comrade. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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