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confrere

[ kon-frair ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a fellow member of a fraternity, profession, etc.; colleague:
my confreres in the medical profession.

confrère

/ ˈkɒnfrɛə /

1425–75; late Middle English < Middle French < Medieval Latin confrāter colleague, equivalent to Latin con- con- + frāter brother

C15: from Old French, from Medieval Latin confrāter fellow member, from Latin frāter brother

A medical jury might render the verdict: Served him right for intriguing against his confrere.

Perhaps some confrere 'll lind th' distinguished gazabo a copy iv his Ollendorff.

M. Max was almost as interested as his English confrere, and readily promised to have the French end of the affair investigated.

He did not lose himself in idle words, the young 'confrere', any more than in useless details.

Some one has warned him—an enemy of the Countess, a confrere of Maitland.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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