comrades
plural of “comrade” — a friend who is frequently in the company of another
An inflected form of comrade · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,966 of 86,757 words measured. It occurs 44,433 times across 426,181 published chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a friend who is frequently in the company of another also: companion, fellow, familiar, associate drinking companionscomrades in arms
- a fellow member of the Communist Party
- used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement also: brother Greetings, comrade!
comrades in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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It is doubtful if any of his comrades really knew his Christian name.
The Boy Scouts Patrol · Ralph Victor · Chapter 1
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Soon we perceived two of our comrades driving a flock of springboks towards the river.
Six Months at the Cape · R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne · Chapter 1
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But there arose a mighty shout--friends and enemies alike were cheering him!--and he sank, hysterically sobbing, among his comrades.
Strange stories of the Civil War · Robert Shackleton · Chapter 1
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The quiet of the holiday was noticeable even on the mountains where, hand in hand, the little comrades walked.
The Three Comrades · Kristína Royová · Chapter 1
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Yet I remembered how, in later years, One of my comrades called me, in his wrath Son of the Czar.
Demetrius: A Play · Friedrich Schiller · Chapter 1