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comradeship

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com·rade  (kmrd, -rd)
n.
1. A person who shares one's interests or activities; a friend or companion.
2. often Comrade A fellow member of a group, especially a fellow member of the Communist Party.

[French camarade, from Old French, roommate, from Old Spanish camarada, barracks company, roommate, from camara, room, from Late Latin camera; see chamber.]

comrade·ship n.
Word History: A comrade can be socially or politically close, a closeness that is found at the etymological heart of the word comrade. In Spanish the Latin word camara, with its Late Latin meaning "chamber, room," was retained, and the derivative camarada, with the sense "roommates, especially barrack mates," was formed. Camarada then came to have the general sense "companion." English borrowed the word from Spanish and French, English comrade being first recorded in the 16th century. The political sense of comrade, now associated with Communism, had its origin in the late-19th-century use of the word as a title by socialists and communists in order to avoid such forms of address as mister. This usage, which originated during the French Revolution, is first recorded in English in 1884.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.comradeship - the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability
sociability, sociableness - the relative tendency or disposition to be sociable or associate with one's fellows

comradeship
noun fellowship, solidarity, fraternity, brotherhood, companionship, camaraderie He missed the comradeship of army life.
Translations
comradeship [ˈkɒmrɪdʃɪp] Ncompañerismo m, camaradería f
comradeship [ˈkɒmreɪdʃɪp] ncamaraderie f
comradeship
nKameradschaft(lichkeit) f; the spirit of comradeshipder Kameradschaftsgeist
comradeship [ˈkɒmrɪdʃɪp] ncameratismo
comradeship [ˈkɒmrɪdʃɪp] ncameratismo


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It was considered that a person could strike harder in the duel, and with a more earnest interest, if he had never been in a condition of comradeship with his antagonist; therefore, comradeship between the corps was not permitted.
But comradeship with men was different from love with women.
With me they had been like older brothers; had restrained their speech and manners out of care for me, and given me so much good comradeship.
 
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