CAMARADERIE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster Camaraderie comes from French camarade, which is also the source of English's comrade, meaning "friend or associate " Camarade means "roommate," "companion," or "a group sleeping in one room "
camarade - Wiktionary, the free dictionary Before 1571, camarade ("soldiers' dormitory") is feminine 1587, in military slang camarade either masculine or feminine, with the sense of "who shares with someone else", thereafter "buddy"; 1869 political sense