tovarish

noun
/tɒˈvɑːɹɪʃ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian това́рищ (továrišč).

  1. borrowed from това́рищ

Definitions

  1. Comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR.

    • Instead of addressing them according to revolutionary etiquette as Tovarish (comrade), he asked them their Christian names and that of their fathers, while telling them his own.
    • Touching one of them on the shoulder, she said, “Tovarish, these tovarishes want to know who you are.”

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for tovarish. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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