a person who is a member of the same communist or socialist political party as the person speaking （共产党或社会主义政党的）同志 We must fight for our rights, comrades! 同志们，我们必须为自己的权利而斗争！
- (also comrade-in-arms)(old-fashioned)
a friend or other person that you work with, especially as soldiers during a war 朋友；同事；（尤指战争期间的）战友
Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally also camerade): from French camerade, camarade (originally feminine), from Spanish camarada ‘room-mate’, from Latin camera ‘chamber’. Compare with chum.