comrade

noun

1. A mate, companion, or associate.

   “[… these tears] Which weep the comrade of my choice, ⁠An awful thought, a life removed, ⁠The human-hearted man I loved, A spirit, not a breathing voice.”

2. A mate, companion, or associate.

   “Wierzbowski and his men were so exhausted that they could hardly stay awake, but they knew they could not abandon their wounded comrades.”

3. (broadly)A fellow socialist, communist or other similarly politically aligned person.

   “Hello, comrade. Are you going to the Communist Party meeting tonight?”

   “Many comrades like Chang Te-fa, deputy secretary of the Party committee of Hsialuho commune of K'uantien county, precisely see the hope of the revolutionary cause in the youths.”

4. A non-hierarchical title, functionally similar to "Mr.", "Mrs.", "Miss", "Ms." etc, in a communist, socialist, or rarely in an Islamist state.

   “Comrade Lenin inspired our people to undertake great works.”

verb

1. (intransitive)To associate with someone in a friendly way.

   “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.”