Dictionary entry

Comrade

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Com″rade (? or?; 277), n. [Sp. camarada, fr. L. camara, a chamber; hence, a chamber-fellowship, and then a chamber-fellow: cf. F. camarade. Cf. Chamber.] A mate, companion, or associate.

And turned my flying comrades to the charge.

J. Baillie.

I abjure all roofs, and choose...

To be a comrade with the wolf and owl.

Shak.