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11comrade — n. 1 a (usu. of males) a workmate, friend, or companion. b (also comrade in arms) a fellow soldier etc. 2 Polit. a fellow socialist or communist (often as a form of address). Derivatives: comradely adj. comradeship n. Etymology: earlier cama… …
12Comrade — n. 1 a (usu. of males) a workmate, friend, or companion. b (also comrade in arms) a fellow soldier etc. 2 Polit. a fellow socialist or communist (often as a form of address). Derivatives: comradely adj. comradeship n. Etymology: earlier cama… …
13chum — American soldiers serving in Britain in the late 1940s became accustomed to being accosted by young children who invariably asked: ‘Got any gum, chum?’ ‘Chum’ appeared in the late seventeenth century and was originally university slang for a… …
14chum — informal ► NOUN ▪ a close friend. ► VERB (chummed, chumming) (chum up) ▪ form a friendship with someone. DERIVATIVES chummy adjective. ORIGIN originally Oxford University slang for a room mate: prob …
15chummy — chum informal ► NOUN ▪ a close friend. ► VERB (chummed, chumming) (chum up) ▪ form a friendship with someone. DERIVATIVES chummy adjective. ORIGIN originally Oxford University slang for a room mate: prob …
16United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
17literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
18List of Emily Dickinson poems — This is a list of Emily Dickinson poems. There are 1,775 known poems that have been written by Dickinson. The poems are alphabetized by their first line. Punctuation, capitalization and even in some cases wording of the first lines may vary… …
19UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, country in N. America. This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction Colonial Era, 1654–1776 Early National Period, 1776–1820 German Jewish Period, 1820–1880 East European Jewish Period,… …
20Argentina — /ahr jeuhn tee neuh/; Sp. /ahrdd hen tee nah/, n. a republic in S South America. 35,797,536; 1,084,120 sq. mi. (2,807,870 sq. km). Cap.: Buenos Aires. Also called the Argentine. Official name, Argentine Republic. * * * Argentina Introduction… …
