brother-in-arms en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Meanings
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comrade in arms (fellow combatant or soldier)
But the vengeance I told myself I was getting for Wrex felt like a lie. I could win the game but he wasn't coming back. Being forced to lose my in-game comrade-who I thought of as a virtual person of color and as a brother-in-arms-affected me in a forceful way that I never expected. Mass Effect made me look at myself and think about the way races, classes and individuals bring their histories to bear.
2010 February 18, Evan Narcisse, “Wrex in Effect, or, Deep Space and the Negro/Injun/Krogan Problem”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 02 Sep 2013, Culture:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| brothers-in-arms | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| brethren-in-arms | Number=Plur | rare | lexicographic |
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Translations (41)
ang campġefēra (fellow combatant or soldier) · ru сора́тник (fellow combatant or soldier) · vi chiến hữu (fellow combatant or soldier) · pl towarzysz broni (fellow combatant or soldier) · ka თანამებრძოლი (fellow combatant or soldier) · et relvavend (fellow combatant or soldier) · bg съратник (fellow combatant or soldier) · bg брат по оръжие (fellow combatant or soldier) · tr silah arkadaşı (fellow combatant or soldier) · hu fegyvertárs (fellow combatant or soldier) · nl wapenbroeder (fellow combatant or soldier) · el συμπολεμιστής (fellow combatant or soldier) · fi aseveli (fellow combatant or soldier) · fr frère d'armes (fellow combatant or soldier) · la commiles (fellow combatant or soldier) · grc συστρατιώτης (fellow combatant or soldier) · ko 전우 (fellow combatant or soldier) · ru брат по ору́жию (fellow combatant or soldier) · sv stridskamrat (fellow combatant or soldier) · es compañero de fatigas (fellow combatant or soldier) · sv medsoldat (fellow combatant or soldier) · eo samsoldato (fellow combatant or soldier) · es conmilitón (fellow combatant or soldier) · ru това́рищ по ору́жию (fellow combatant or soldier) · it commilitone (fellow combatant or soldier) · be брат па збро́і (fellow combatant or soldier) · sv bundsförvant (fellow combatant or soldier) · nl strijdmakker (fellow combatant or soldier) · ca company d'armes (fellow combatant or soldier) · uk това́риш по збро́ї (fellow combatant or soldier) · mk со́борец (fellow combatant or soldier) · sv vapenbroder (fellow combatant or soldier) · ja 戦友 (fellow combatant or soldier) · bg съратница (fellow combatant or soldier) · be тава́рыш па збро́і (fellow combatant or soldier) · ru сора́тница (fellow combatant or soldier) · ru собра́т по ору́жию (fellow combatant or soldier) · de Waffenbruder (fellow combatant or soldier) · cmn 戰友 /战友 (fellow combatant or soldier) · nb våpenbror (fellow combatant or soldier) · uk брат по збро́ї (fellow combatant or soldier)