Comrade
noun
A friend, especially someone who shares difficult work or danger with you.
The soldier stayed behind to help his wounded comrade.
Often appears as...
- comrade in arms
- dear comrade
noun
A member of the same political group, especially a communist or socialist group.
Comrade Lenin was the leader of the Russian revolution.
Often appears as...
- dear comrade
- comrade leader
Usage tips
Approving
Political
noun
Used as a formal term of address to a fellow member of a military service, political organization, or school.
Welcome, Comrade Major!
Often appears as...
- welcome comrade
- comrade major
Usage tips
Formal
Military, Educational, Political
noun
A friend, especially someone who shares difficult work or danger with you.
The soldier stayed behind to help his wounded comrade.
Often appears as...
- comrade in arms
- dear comrade
noun
A member of the same political group, especially a communist or socialist group.
Comrade Lenin was the leader of the Russian revolution.
Often appears as...
- dear comrade
- comrade leader
Usage tips
Approving
Political
noun
Used as a formal term of address to a fellow member of a military service, political organization, or school.
Welcome, Comrade Major!
Often appears as...
- welcome comrade
- comrade major
Usage tips
Formal
Military, Educational, Political
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Shared Hardships
Used to suggest a strong bond formed through shared challenges or adversity.
We became comrades after surviving the tough training together.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Friendship
Implies a deeper loyalty and camaraderie than a typical friendship.
In the heat of battle, he showed his true spirit as a comrade.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Literal
Can be used metaphorically to express solidarity, not just for actual dangerous work.
We're all comrades in the struggle for a cleaner environment.
Pro Tip 1/3Shared Hardships
Used to suggest a strong bond formed through shared challenges or adversity.
We became comrades after surviving the tough training together.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Friendship
Implies a deeper loyalty and camaraderie than a typical friendship.
In the heat of battle, he showed his true spirit as a comrade.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Literal
Can be used metaphorically to express solidarity, not just for actual dangerous work.
We're all comrades in the struggle for a cleaner environment.
Pro Tip 1/3Shared Hardships
Used to suggest a strong bond formed through shared challenges or adversity.
We became comrades after surviving the tough training together.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Friendship
Implies a deeper loyalty and camaraderie than a typical friendship.
In the heat of battle, he showed his true spirit as a comrade.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Literal
Can be used metaphorically to express solidarity, not just for actual dangerous work.
We're all comrades in the struggle for a cleaner environment.
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Video examples
Chaos in the Heart of...
And basically they are trying to encourage the fighthers to give themselves up, just like Aramis did. And that's been a pretty successful strategy. But so, once a week Aramis goes into the radio station and basically talks to his former comrades. And I sat in on one of the sessions. And you know, he calls them by name,
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The voices in my head PIPE...
I was destined to be. Many people have harmed me in my life, and I remember them all, but the memories grow pale and faint in comparison with the people who've helped me. The fellow survivors, the fellow voice-hearers, the comrades and collaborators;
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Thoughts on humanity,...
And the framework of life was very, very simple then, to be honest. You know, you just ate what you got and did whatever you were told to do. I thought celiac was a vegetable, and vegan, of course, was Mr. Spock's lost comrade in "Star Trek."
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Why good leaders make...
and pull out the dead. One of the people he rescued was a sergeant, and he and a comrade were making their way to a medevac helicopter. And what was remarkable about this day is, by sheer coincidence, one of the medevac medics
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A day in the life of a...
Servius was one of the few survivors. Servius still has nightmares of his comrades lying where they fell. But now the army is back to bury the dead with full military honors. As he helps in the task,
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Jonathan Haidt:...
that makes self-sacrifice at these moments so relatively easy. I may fall, but I do not die, for that which is real in me goes forward and lives on in the comrades for whom I gave up my life.
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Stanley McChrystal:...
And I was raised to believe that soldiers were strong and wise and brave and faithful; they didn't lie, cheat, steal or abandon their comrades. And I still believe real leaders are like that.
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POW Escape Thwarted PIPE...
appalled by this Nazi brutality he allowed prisoners outside the wire to build this memorial to their fallen comrades the great escape ended tragically but it strengthened the
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Black Women and the...
hours paul will with her comrades picket the white house um looking to pressure shame embarrass woodrow wilson and his administration into supporting a federal amendment for
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Emmanuel Jal: The music...
As I was tempted to eat the rotten flesh of my comrade, he gave me comfort. We used to raid villages, stealing chickens, goats and sheeps, anything we could eat.
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Chaos in the Heart of...
And basically they are trying to encourage the fighthers to give themselves up, just like Aramis did. And that's been a pretty successful strategy. But so, once a week Aramis goes into the radio station and basically talks to his former comrades. And I sat in on one of the sessions. And you know, he calls them by name,
Video examples
The voices in my head PIPE...
I was destined to be. Many people have harmed me in my life, and I remember them all, but the memories grow pale and faint in comparison with the people who've helped me. The fellow survivors, the fellow voice-hearers, the comrades and collaborators;
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Thoughts on humanity,...
And the framework of life was very, very simple then, to be honest. You know, you just ate what you got and did whatever you were told to do. I thought celiac was a vegetable, and vegan, of course, was Mr. Spock's lost comrade in "Star Trek."
Video examples
Why good leaders make...
and pull out the dead. One of the people he rescued was a sergeant, and he and a comrade were making their way to a medevac helicopter. And what was remarkable about this day is, by sheer coincidence, one of the medevac medics
Video examples
A day in the life of a...
Servius was one of the few survivors. Servius still has nightmares of his comrades lying where they fell. But now the army is back to bury the dead with full military honors. As he helps in the task,
Video examples
Jonathan Haidt:...
that makes self-sacrifice at these moments so relatively easy. I may fall, but I do not die, for that which is real in me goes forward and lives on in the comrades for whom I gave up my life.
Video examples
Stanley McChrystal:...
And I was raised to believe that soldiers were strong and wise and brave and faithful; they didn't lie, cheat, steal or abandon their comrades. And I still believe real leaders are like that.
Video examples
POW Escape Thwarted PIPE...
appalled by this Nazi brutality he allowed prisoners outside the wire to build this memorial to their fallen comrades the great escape ended tragically but it strengthened the
Video examples
Black Women and the...
hours paul will with her comrades picket the white house um looking to pressure shame embarrass woodrow wilson and his administration into supporting a federal amendment for
Video examples
Emmanuel Jal: The music...
As I was tempted to eat the rotten flesh of my comrade, he gave me comfort. We used to raid villages, stealing chickens, goats and sheeps, anything we could eat.
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Jennifer Beals
American Actress
I said, wouldn't it be nice, instead of having these women fight with each other over men, which seems to be more of a cliche, wouldn't it be wonderful if they were the true comrades and it took these men much more time to infiltrate their friendships.
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Nelson Mandela
South African Statesman
Whatever position I occupied, it was the result of colleagues - of my comrades in the movement - who had decided in their wisdom to use me for the purpose of focusing the attention of the country and the international community on me.
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Antony Beevor
British Historian
The great help of being in the Army is to understand why are the armies clever in what they describe as emotional intelligence, making soldiers come to terms with the death of comrades by certain rituals.
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Richard Le Gallienne
English Poet
In their work, then, as in their play, men and women are more and more coming to share with each other as comrades, and really the fun of life seems in no wise diminished as a consequence.
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Robson Green
I always thought my father hated his job so much, but I was wrong. He loved being with his friends and comrades, and also loved doing the things outside his life of work with them.
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John L. Lewis
American Leader
The men in the steel industry who sacrificed their all were nor merely aiding their fellows at home but were adding strength to the cause of their comrades in all industry.
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Georg Brandes
Danish Critic
I encountered among my comrades the most varied human traits, from frankness to reserve, from goodness, uprightness and kindness, to brutality and baseness.
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Ernst Zundel
German Activist
The reason why I have survived as long as I have survived is what my friends, comrades and supporters thought was an extraordinarily cautious approach.
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Lester B. Pearson
Canadian Politician
As a soldier, I survived World War I when most of my comrades did not.
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Patrice Motsepe
South African Businessman
My comrades would call me a 'black capitalist.
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Jennifer Beals
American Actress
I said, wouldn't it be nice, instead of having these women fight with each other over men, which seems to be more of a cliche, wouldn't it be wonderful if they were the true comrades and it took these men much more time to infiltrate their friendships.
Quote examples
Nelson Mandela
South African Statesman
Whatever position I occupied, it was the result of colleagues - of my comrades in the movement - who had decided in their wisdom to use me for the purpose of focusing the attention of the country and the international community on me.
Quote examples
Antony Beevor
British Historian
The great help of being in the Army is to understand why are the armies clever in what they describe as emotional intelligence, making soldiers come to terms with the death of comrades by certain rituals.
Quote examples
Richard Le Gallienne
English Poet
In their work, then, as in their play, men and women are more and more coming to share with each other as comrades, and really the fun of life seems in no wise diminished as a consequence.
Quote examples
Robson Green
I always thought my father hated his job so much, but I was wrong. He loved being with his friends and comrades, and also loved doing the things outside his life of work with them.
Quote examples
John L. Lewis
American Leader
The men in the steel industry who sacrificed their all were nor merely aiding their fellows at home but were adding strength to the cause of their comrades in all industry.
Quote examples
Georg Brandes
Danish Critic
I encountered among my comrades the most varied human traits, from frankness to reserve, from goodness, uprightness and kindness, to brutality and baseness.
Quote examples
Ernst Zundel
German Activist
The reason why I have survived as long as I have survived is what my friends, comrades and supporters thought was an extraordinarily cautious approach.
Quote examples
Lester B. Pearson
Canadian Politician
As a soldier, I survived World War I when most of my comrades did not.
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Patrice Motsepe
South African Businessman
My comrades would call me a 'black capitalist.
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