someone sharing similar interests or aspirations; kindred spirit · fellow member of a political party · comrade (Classifier: 個／个; 位; 名)
köken: Sense 2 was first adopted by Sun Yat-sen in the early 20th century to describe his supporters, and later used by the Chinese Communist Party as an address for anyone. Sense 4 was coined by the Hong Kong writer Mai Ke (迈克) in the 1980s. He explained that his use of this term for gay people was to represent solidarity. Popularised since 1989 by the activist Edward Lam as part of the Chinese name…
köken: Unknown. Possibly borrowed from Gaulish. Draucus and Drauca are also attested as personal names. Nikolaev takes it from Proto-Italic *drawikos (formed similarly to modicus and bellicus), from Proto-Indo-European *drowóm (“strength”) (compare Ancient Greek δροόν (droón)), from *drew- (“strong, firm”), with syncope as seen in Latin auceps. But Proto-Indo-European *dr is thought to have become tr in…
Rogābit unde suspicer virum mollem. Ūnā lavāmur: aspicit nihil sūrsum, sed spectat oculīs dēvorantibus draucōs
Occurrit aliquis inter ista sī draucus, iam paedagōgō līberātus et cuius refībulāvit turgidum faber pēnem, nūtū vocātum dūcis, et pudet fārī