comrade
/ˈkɑmɹæd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.55 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[… 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."
- "Wierzbowski and his men were so exhausted that they could hardly stay awake, but they knew they could not abandon their wounded comrades."
- "Hello, comrade. Are you going to the Communist Party meeting tonight?"
- "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."
- "Comrade Lenin inspired our people to undertake great works."
Etymology
From earlier cumrade, camrade, comerade, camerade, camarade, from Middle French camarade, from Spanish camarada or Italian camerata (“chamber mate”), from Medieval Latin *camarata, from Latin camara, camera (“vaulted room, chamber”); see chamber. Compare camaraderie and chamberlain.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkɑmɹæd/
- British English: /ˈkɒmɹeɪd/