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comrade
English
Alternative forms
- comrad
Etymology
From late Middle English comered, from Middle French camarade, from Spanish camarada or Italian camerata, from Medieval Latin *camarata, from Latin camara, camera (“a chamber”); see chamber. Compare camaraderie.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?m?e?d/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k?m?æd/, /?k?m??d/
Noun
comrade (plural comrades)
- A mate, companion, or associate.
- A companion in battle; fellow soldier.
- (communism) A fellow socialist, communist or other similarly politically aligned person.
- (communism) A non-hierarchical title, functionally similar to "Mr.", "Mrs.", "Miss", "Ms." etc, in a communist or socialist state.
Synonyms
- see also Thesaurus:friend
- (title): compare sister, brother
- battle buddy
- tovarish
- compagno
Related terms
Translations
Verb
comrade (third-person singular simple present comrades, present participle comrading, simple past and past participle comraded)
- (transitive) To associate with in a friendly way.
- 1916, Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger
- 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
Further reading
- comrade in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- comrade in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- DeMarco, Demarco, Mercado, caromed, dome car
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accomplice
English
Etymology
First attested in the 1580s. From Middle English accomplice, from a complice, from Old French complice (“confederate”), from Latin complicare (“fold together”). The article a became part of the word, through the influence of the word accomplish.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?.?k?m.pl?s/
- (US) IPA(key): /?.?k?m.pl?s/, /?.?k?m.pl?s/
- Hyphenation: ac?com?plice
Noun
accomplice (plural accomplices)
- (law) An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.
- 1749, Samuel Johnson, Irene
- And thou, the curst accomplice of her treason, Declare thy message, and expect thy doom
- suspected for accomplice to the fire
- 1749, Samuel Johnson, Irene
- (rare) A cooperator.
Usage notes
- Followed by with or of before a person and by in or to (or sometimes of) before the crime; as, "A was an accomplice with B in the murder of C"; or, "D was an accomplice to murder".
Synonyms
- abettor, accessory, assistant, associate, confederate, coadjutor, ally, promoter; see abettor.
Translations
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