comradenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkɒm.reɪd/us/ˈkɑːm.ræd/comrade noun [ C ] (FRIEND)
old-fashioned UK comrade-in-arms a friend, especially one who you have been involved in difficult or dangerous, usually military, activities with:
Many of his comrades were killed in the battle.
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Soldiers & people who fight in wars
- Anzac
- bombardier
- capability
- combatant
- crusader
- guardsman
- gunner
- infantryman
- lancer
- non-combatant
- orderly
- para
- partisan
- sepoy
- serviceman
- shogun
- soldier
- storm trooper
- vet
- veteran
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Friends, acquaintances & contemporaries
comrade noun [ C ] (POLITICAL MEMBER)
a member of the same political group, especially a communist or socialist group or a trade union:
I know my opinion is shared by many of my comrades in the Labour movement.
[ as form of address ] Welcome to the conference, comrades.
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Organizations - position & status
- a rung on/of the ladder idiom
- apparatchik
- associate
- back seat
- be a big fish in a small pond idiom
- betters 2
- brethren
- echelon
- elite
- entry-level
- equal
- fellow
- low-level
- position
- pretender
- role
- second class
- senior
- standing
- subordinate
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comradely
adjective uk/ˈkɒm.reɪd.li/us/ˈkɑːm.ræd.li/
like a comrade:
He gave me a comradely slap on the back.