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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1609-1696
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Comerad, Comorad, n. Also: commerad, -orad, comarad; cumerhald. [e.m.E. comerade (1599), commorade (1593), variants of camerade, etc., F. camerade, camarade.] A comrade, companion, associate.(a) 1609 Gardyne Garden 75.
His commorads and consorts christian 1635 Lundie Misc. P. 14.
Kind comarads, kind kinsmen, all adeu 1665 Lauder Journal 64.
We bade adieu to our commorads 1666 Lamont Diary 190.
Who had gone out with some of his comorads(b) 1638 Baillie I. 169.
Dr Scrymgeour, my old commerad 1662 Glasgow B. Rec. II. 492.
To Williamsoune and his commerad that dightis the tolbuith 1671 Maxwell Mem. II. 318.
My good comerad Wattie Stewart 1696 Caldwell Fam. P. 176.
At Gent … I conversed with divers of the fathers, who were generally civill to me & my comerads(c) 1660 Nicoll Diary 294.
Bacchus … set upon ane punzeon … with his cumerhaldis
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