comrade in arms

noun

1. a fellow soldier.

Word History and Origins

Origin of comrade in arms¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

“His name escapes me,” he joked, continuing, “Sandy Bresler, my pal and comrade in arms!”

From Los Angeles Times

His comrade in arms beside him, hand on the butt of a weathered-looking M4 rifle, warned of Palestinians’ growing anger with their nominal rulers alongside their antipathy toward Israel.

From Los Angeles Times

Neither does the film, which only briefly springs back to life whenever Snoop Dogg appears as Bud’s cool, cowboy-hat-wearing comrade in arms, Big John.

From Washington Post

Somewhere in the illusory world, a woman with short hair fights unsmiling men in suits and shades, a setup that mirrors the banging preliminaries in the original film and makes you ache for Carrie-Anne Moss’s Trinity, Neo’s comrade in arms.

From New York Times

But the white marble marker reads only, “Here rests in honored glory a comrade in arms known but to God.”

From New York Times