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tovarish, tovarich|tɒˈvɑːrɪʃ| Also tav-; -isch, -ishch, -istch, -itch. Pl. -i. [ad. Russ. továrishch comrade.] In the U.S.S.R., comrade (freq. as a form of address).
1918C. E. Russell Unchained Russia ii. 95 After the Revolution everybody in Russia was ‘tavarisch’. 1930E. Pound XXX Cantos xxvii. 127 And these are the labours of tovarisch, That tovarisch lay in the earth, And rose, and wrecked the house of the tyrants. 1935N. Mitchison We have been Warned iii. 236 I'm rather looking forward myself to the first time someone calls me tovarish... It seems much more romantic in Russian. 1938E. Hemingway Fifth Column iii. ii. 86 Hurry up, Tovaritch, and tape good the mouths. 1968L. Smith Fear & Dead Man x. 80 The Russian grinned slyly. ‘Now you know I cannot tell you why I wanted you brought here, tovarich.’ 1976M. Barak Secret List of Heinrich Roehm xi. 120 The KGB Chairman shrugged. ‘Very well... We shall take care of Tovarishch Joe Gonen.’ 1977Time 28 Feb. 12/3 To compensate for her lost lover, she found at least one more torrid tovarish. |