comrade

Etymology

From late Middle English comered, from Middle French camarade, from Spanish camarada or Italian camerata, from Medieval Latin *camarata, from Latin camara, camera (“a chamber”); see chamber. Compare camaraderie.

noun

1. A mate, companion, or associate.
2. A companion in battle; fellow soldier.
   Wierzbowski and his men were so exhausted that they could hardly stay awake, but they knew they could not abandon their wounded comrades. 2019, Antony Beevor, chapter 16, in Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944, Penguin Books, page 194
3. (communism) A fellow socialist, communist or other similarly politically aligned person.
   Hello, comrade. Are you going to the Communist Party meeting tonight?
4. (communism) A non-hierarchical title, functionally similar to "Mr.", "Mrs.", "Miss", "Ms." etc, in a communist or socialist state.
   Comrade Lenin inspired our people to undertake great works.

verb

1. (transitive) To associate with in a friendly way.
   But she was happy, for she was far away under another sky, and comrading again with her Rangers, and her animal friends, and the soldiers. 1916, Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger