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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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The Briefing Room Ukrainian soldiers carry the coffin of a comrade in the village of Potaliivka, in northern Ukraine.
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Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2025
With her unique abilities, Jennifer must stop the killer, save her comrades, and survive.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 21 Feb. 2025
Despite being granted a waiver to resume production on the film amid that year's SAG and WGA strikes, the actress voluntarily halted production in solidarity with her comrades in front of and behind the camera.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 12 Feb. 2025
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.
—Brooke Knisley, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2025
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Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2025
With her unique abilities, Jennifer must stop the killer, save her comrades, and survive.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 21 Feb. 2025
Despite being granted a waiver to resume production on the film amid that year's SAG and WGA strikes, the actress voluntarily halted production in solidarity with her comrades in front of and behind the camera.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 12 Feb. 2025
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.
—Brooke Knisley, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2025
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“Comrade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comrade. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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