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brother-in-arms

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

comrade in arms (fellow combatant or soldier)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fellow soldier, battle buddy

Antonyms: none provided

History

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Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: брат па збро́і (brat pa zbrói) — fellow combatant or soldier
  • Belarusian: тава́рыш па збро́і (taváryš pa zbrói) — fellow combatant or soldier
  • Bulgarian: брат по оръжие (brat po orǎžie) — fellow combatant or soldier
  • Bulgarian: съратник (sǎratnik) — fellow combatant or soldier
  • Bulgarian: съратница (sǎratnica) — fellow combatant or soldier
  • Catalan: company d'armes — fellow combatant or soldier
  • Chinese Mandarin: 戰友 /战友 (zhànyǒu) — fellow combatant or soldier
  • Dutch: strijdmakker — fellow combatant or soldier
  • Dutch: wapenbroeder — fellow combatant or soldier
  • Esperanto: samsoldato — fellow combatant or soldier
  • Estonian: relvavend — fellow combatant or soldier
  • Finnish: aseveli — fellow combatant or soldier
  • French: frère d'armes — fellow combatant or soldier
  • Georgian: თანამებრძოლი (tanamebrʒoli) — fellow combatant or soldier
  • German: Waffenbruder — fellow combatant or soldier
  • Greek: συμπολεμιστής (sympolemistís) — fellow combatant or soldier
  • Ancient Greek: συστρατιώτης (sustratiṓtēs) — fellow combatant or soldier
  • Hungarian: fegyvertárs — fellow combatant or soldier
  • Italian: commilitone — fellow combatant or soldier
  • Japanese: 戦友 (sen'yū) — fellow combatant or soldier
  • Korean: 전우 (jeonu) — fellow combatant or soldier
  • Latin: commiles — fellow combatant or soldier
  • Macedonian: со́борец (sóborec) — fellow combatant or soldier
  • Norwegian Bokmål: våpenbror — fellow combatant or soldier
  • Old English: campġefēra — fellow combatant or soldier
  • Polish: towarzysz broni — fellow combatant or soldier
  • Russian: брат по ору́жию (brat po orúžiju) — fellow combatant or soldier
  • Russian: това́рищ по ору́жию (továrišč po orúžiju) — fellow combatant or soldier
  • Russian: сора́тник (sorátnik) — fellow combatant or soldier
  • Russian: сора́тница (sorátnica) — fellow combatant or soldier
  • Russian: собра́т по ору́жию (sobrát po orúžiju) — fellow combatant or soldier
  • Spanish: compañero de fatigas — fellow combatant or soldier
  • Spanish: conmilitón — fellow combatant or soldier
  • Swedish: vapenbroder — fellow combatant or soldier
  • Swedish: bundsförvant — fellow combatant or soldier
  • Swedish: stridskamrat — fellow combatant or soldier
  • Swedish: medsoldat — fellow combatant or soldier
  • Turkish: silah arkadaşı — fellow combatant or soldier
  • Ukrainian: брат по збро́ї (brat po zbróji) — fellow combatant or soldier
  • Ukrainian: това́риш по збро́ї (továryš po zbróji) — fellow combatant or soldier
  • Vietnamese: chiến hữu — fellow combatant or soldier