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plural comrades
A mate, companion, or associate. quotations 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.
1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], canto XIII, page 20
A companion in battle; fellow soldier. quotations examples
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
(communism) A fellow socialist, communist or other similarly politically aligned person. examples
(communism) A non-hierarchical title, functionally similar to "Mr.", "Mrs.", "Miss", "Ms." etc, in a communist or socialist state. examples
third-person singular simple present comrades, present participle comrading, simple past and past participle comraded
(transitive) To associate with in a friendly way. quotations 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.
1916, Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger