1. a Russian word meaning comrade, used as a form of address especially in the former Soviet Union
Usage: historical; from Russian

Examples

• The Soviet official addressed the crowd as ‘tovarish’.
• In old Russian films, characters often call each other tovarish.
• The word tovarish was commonly used during the Communist era.
• He learned that tovarish means comrade in Russian.
• The translation showed ‘tovarish’ next to the English word ‘comrade’.