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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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On May 1, Dear Leader Baker ordered all comrades to wear face masks in public.
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Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 14 Mar. 2025
The coaching comrades, whose mothers were sisters, have combined for eight state championships and more than 700 wins as two of the most successful coaches in area history.
—Buddy Collings, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2025
Zac Efron plays Logan, a marine serving in Iraq who witnesses the death of one of his comrades.
—Sezin Devi Koehler, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2025
Her cellphone often pings with an alert from some J6 group chat, or rings with a call from a J6 comrade seeking support or needing to vent.
—Meridith Kohut, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
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Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 14 Mar. 2025
The coaching comrades, whose mothers were sisters, have combined for eight state championships and more than 700 wins as two of the most successful coaches in area history.
—Buddy Collings, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2025
Zac Efron plays Logan, a marine serving in Iraq who witnesses the death of one of his comrades.
—Sezin Devi Koehler, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2025
Her cellphone often pings with an alert from some J6 group chat, or rings with a call from a J6 comrade seeking support or needing to vent.
—Meridith Kohut, New York Times, 21 Feb. 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 23 Mar. 2025.
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