commiliton.
Obsolete.
A fellow-soldier.
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sword-brotherc1275
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companion-in-arms1525
fellow soldier1526
commilitant1577
camarada1598
fore-fellows1598
commilitoa1614
brother in arms1632
comrade-in-arms1848
a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 400 My said commilito began a long discourse.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Commilitone, a fellow souldier, a Camerade.
1657 M. Hawke Killing is Murder & No Murder 20 With the help of his Commilitons.
1805 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 14 551 The sick soldier, removed from his early acquaintance or commilitones.
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