"brother-in-arms" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: brothers-in-arms [plural], brethren-in-arms [plural, rare]
Head templates: {{en-noun|brothers-in-arms|brethren-in-arms|pl2qual=rare}} brother-in-arms (plural brothers-in-arms or (rare) brethren-in-arms)
  1. comrade in arms (fellow combatant or soldier) Synonyms: battle buddy Translations (fellow combatant or soldier): брат па збро́і (brat pa zbrói) [masculine] (Belarusian), тава́рыш па збро́і (taváryš pa zbrói) [masculine] (Belarusian), company d'armes (Catalan), 戰友 (Chinese Mandarin), 战友 (zhànyǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), strijdmakker [masculine] (Dutch), wapenbroeder [masculine] (Dutch), samsoldato (Esperanto), relvavend (Estonian), aseveli (Finnish), frère d’armes [masculine] (French), თანამებრძოლი (tanamebrʒoli) (Georgian), Waffenbruder [masculine] (German), συμπολεμιστής (sympolemistís) [masculine] (Greek), commilitone [masculine] (Italian), 戦友 (sen'yū) (alt: せんゆう) (Japanese), 전우 (jeonu) (alt: 戰友) (Korean), commiles (Latin), со́борец (sóborec) [masculine] (Macedonian), våpenbror [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), campġefēra [masculine] (Old English), towarzysz broni [masculine] (Polish), брат по ору́жию (brat po orúžiju) [masculine] (Russian), това́рищ по ору́жию (továrišč po orúžiju) [masculine] (Russian), сора́тник (sorátnik) [masculine] (Russian), сора́тница (sorátnica) [feminine] (Russian), собра́т по ору́жию (sobrát po orúžiju) [masculine] (Russian), compañero de fatigas [colloquial, figuratively, masculine] (Spanish), conmilitón [masculine] (Spanish), vapenbroder [common-gender] (Swedish), bundsförvant [common-gender] (Swedish), stridskamrat [common-gender] (Swedish), medsoldat [common-gender] (Swedish), брат по збро́ї (brat po zbróji) [masculine] (Ukrainian), това́риш по збро́ї (továryš po zbróji) [masculine] (Ukrainian), chiến hữu (alt: 戰友) (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-brother-in-arms-en-noun-zRD7Ssx9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Inflected forms

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          "code": "ka",
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          "word": "брат по збро́ї"
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      "sense": "fellow combatant or soldier",
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      "sense": "fellow combatant or soldier",
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      "sense": "fellow combatant or soldier",
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      "sense": "fellow combatant or soldier",
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      "roman": "sorátnica",
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
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      "sense": "fellow combatant or soldier",
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      "word": "брат по збро́ї"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "továryš po zbróji",
      "sense": "fellow combatant or soldier",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "това́риш по збро́ї"
    },
    {
      "alt": "戰友",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "fellow combatant or soldier",
      "word": "chiến hữu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "brother-in-arms"
}

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