Obs. Also commiliton, -one. [L. commīlito, -ōnem fellow-soldier, comrade, f. com- with + mīles, mīlit- soldier; = It. commilitone, F. *commiliton.] A fellow-soldier.
1600. J. Melvill, Diary (1842), 400. My said commilito began a long discourse.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Commilitone, a fellow souldier, a Camerade.
1657. Hawke, Killing is M., 20. With the help of his Commilitons.
1805. Med. Jrnl., XIV. 551. The sick soldier, removed from his early acquaintance or commilitones.
