different between comrade vs wantok

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)

1. A mate, companion, or associate.
2. A companion in battle; fellow soldier.
3. (communism) A fellow socialist, communist or other similarly politically aligned person.

4. (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)

1. (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.

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Tok Pisin wantok, from English one talk, that is, a speaker of the same language.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w?nt?k/, /-t??k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?w?nt?k/, /-to?k/
• Hyphenation: wan?tok

Noun

wantok (plural wantoks)

1. (Melanesia, Papua New Guinea) A close comrade; a person with whom one has a strong social bond, usually based on a shared language.

Usage notes

• The word may be used to casually address a friend: “Hello, wantok.”

Derived terms

• wantokism

Translations

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English one talk (alternatively, it can be seen as a compound of wan +? tok).

Noun

wantok

1. a close friend, to whom one gives complete loyalty
2. any person with a shared set of Melanesian cultural values, usually based on speaking a closely related language