comrade — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A mate, companion, or associate.

   Examples

   [… these tears] Which weep the comrade of my choice, ⁠An awful thought, a life removed, ⁠The human-hearted man I loved, A spirit, not a breathing voice.

2. A mate, companion, or associate. A companion in battle; fellow soldier.

   Examples

   Wierzbowski and his men were so exhausted that they could hardly stay awake, but they knew they could not abandon their wounded comrades.

3. A fellow socialist, communist or other similarly politically aligned person.

   Usage

   • broadly

   Examples

   Hello, comrade. Are you going to the Communist Party meeting tonight?

   More examples (1)

   Many comrades like Chang Te-fa, deputy secretary of the Party committee of Hsialuho commune of K'uantien county, precisely see the hope of the revolutionary cause in the youths.

   "How is it, comrades?" the admiral shouted through a bullhorn at each ship. "Rah, rah, rah!" the sailors shouted back in unison.

4. A non-hierarchical title, functionally similar to "Mr.", "Mrs.", "Miss", "Ms." etc, in a communist, socialist, or rarely in an Islamist state.

   Examples

   Comrade Lenin inspired our people to undertake great works.

Verb

1. To associate with someone in a friendly way.

   Usage

   • Intransitive

   Examples

   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.

Noun

1. a friend who is frequently in the company of another

   Synonyms

   companionfellowfamiliarassociate

   Broader terms

   friend

   Examples

   drinking companions

   comrades in arms

2. used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement

   Synonyms

   brother

   Broader terms

   friendmanadult male

   Examples

   Greetings, comrade!