confrere

[ kon-frair ]

noun

1. a fellow member of a fraternity, profession, etc.; colleague:

   my confreres in the medical profession.

confrère

/ ˈkɒnfrɛə /

noun

1. a fellow member of a profession, fraternity, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of confrere¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of confrere¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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