camaraderie

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for November 5, 2021 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>camaraderie</strong> &#149; \kahm-RAH-duh-ree\&nbsp; &#149; <em>noun</em><br /> <p><em>Camaraderie</em> is a feeling of good friendship among the people in a group.</p> <p>// There is a strong sense of <em>camaraderie</em> among the staff.</p> <p><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/camaraderie">See the entry ></a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>"What was amazing Sept. 26 was the <em>camaraderie</em> and devotion to the team that the golfers exhibited. These same players weekly go head to head on an individual basis but there were no grandstanders here, no sense that one golfer was better than another—just a team that could feel destiny in its grip…." — Kendall P. Stanley, <em>The Gaylord (Michigan) Herald Times</em>, 5 Oct. 2021</p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p><em>Camaraderie</em> comes from French <em>camarade</em>, which is also the source of English's <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comrade">comrade</a></em>, meaning "friend or associate." <em>Camarade</em> means "roommate," "companion," or "a group sleeping in one room." It is related to Latin <em>camera</em>, meaning "<a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chamber">chamber</a>."</p> <br /><br /> </p> </font>