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Confrere

Confrere \Con`frere"\, n. [F.] Fellow member of a fraternity; intimate associate.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
confrere

early 15c., from Old French confrere "brother, companion" (13c.), from Medieval Latin confrater, from com- "together, with" (see com-) + frater "brother" (see brother). Probably lost in later 17c. and reborrowed 19c. from Modern French confrère.

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confrere

n. a colleague or fellow, especially a professional one

WordNet
confrere

n. a person who is member of your class or profession; "the surgeon consulted his colleagues"; "he sent e-mail to his fellow hackers" [syn: colleague, fellow]

Usage examples of "confrere".

I make money and obtain a rich practice, the jealousy of my confreres will make me lose, or wait too long, for what my ambition prefers to a fortune.

Happy to see his old friend and confrere, Moeshe greeted him warmly and enthusiastically.

His is hardly one of the dressy professions but I have seen his confreres blanch when confronted by some of his ensembles.

His confreres presumed he was working at a local parish, giving high school retreats, attending theological seminars, or helping out at the Newman Center at the University of Illinois.

Besides, as a confrere Knight of the Holy Trinity you are supposed to be celibate and not think such things.

Santek felt the emptiness of his confreres and found it difficult to encourage anyone, especially when he was still recovering from the intense, almost unbearable pain of Angle's departure.

Showing no more courtesy to his confreres than toward Hu Shih, the man pushed past intervening bodies until he stood alone, eyeing Reeve patronizingly.

However, his mother and his uncle had made it painfully clear that he was going to do service as confrere knight in a monastic order .

However, his mother and his uncle had made it painfully clear that he was going to do service as confrere knight in a monastic order.

He had till the end of August to decide whether his Bristol confreres wished to acquire sixty running miles of land on the south side of the railroad track, a stretch reaching from Line Camp Two to Cheyenne.