| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| tovarich |
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| SYLLABICATION: | to·va·rich |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  t -vär  ch, -sh, -shch |
| VARIANT FORMS: | or to·va·rish |
| NOUN: | A comrade. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Russian tovarishch, from Old Russian tovarishch, sing. of tovarishchi, business associates, from Old Turkic tavar ishchi, businessman, merchant : tavar, wealth, trade + ishchi, one who works (from ish, work, business).
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