"Comrade"

[Subversive Pessimist]

When and why did the tradition of using the word comrade among communists start?

[ComradeRed]

Title of equality, in every western language its the same for male and female (at least in french and italian, not sure about spanish...).

[CubanFox]

In Spanish, male is compañero, female compañera.

In German, male is Genosse, female Genossin.

The Bolsheviks championed the term as a more egalitarian alternative to things like "mr." and "mrs.", and also affixed it to titles to make them sound more socialist, "Comrade Admiral", etc.