comradeship en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree English comrade Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English comradeship From comrade + -ship.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The company or friendship of others, or sharing a goal.
He was a psychologist rather than a philosopher, and his interest and zest in life, in the relationships of simple people, the intermingling of personal emotions and happy comradeships, kept him from ever forming cynical or merely spectatorial views of humanity.
1905, William Cory (William Johnson), Ionica:LA is the loneliest and most brutal of American cities; New York gets god-awful cold in the winter but there’s a feeling of wacky comradeship somewhere in some streets. LA is a jungle.
1957 September 5, Jack Kerouac, chapter 13, in On the Road, London: Penguin Books, published 1976, →ISBN, part 1, page 86:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| comradeships | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (11)
enm felaweshipe (the company of others) · ca camaraderia (the company of others) · el συναδελφικότητα (the company of others) · ko 동지애 (the company of others) · bg друга́рство (the company of others) · fr camaraderie (the company of others) · pam pamakiabe (the company of others) · tl pakikisama (the company of others) · ru това́рищество (the company of others) · uk товариство (the company of others) · mg fihavanana (the company of others)