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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.
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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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Even after Ukraine's independence, Ukraine and Russia's spy services had remained deeply entwined, Many older officers had been trained in Moscow and some even remained close friends with their former Russian comrades.
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Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2025
On the canvas, two fat children watched as a third, blue-skinned comrade gleefully stole melted butter from a pot.
—Kanak Kapur, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
This term, the Egyptian King isn’t letting up on those contributions while providing his comrades with plenty of scoring opportunities.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
In fact, his great comrade was Alain Sarde, who produced his films.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
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Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2025
On the canvas, two fat children watched as a third, blue-skinned comrade gleefully stole melted butter from a pot.
—Kanak Kapur, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
This term, the Egyptian King isn’t letting up on those contributions while providing his comrades with plenty of scoring opportunities.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
In fact, his great comrade was Alain Sarde, who produced his films.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Comrade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comrade. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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