colleague
[kol-eeg]
- an associate.
Origin of colleague
1515–25; < Middle French collegue < Latin collēga, equivalent to col- col-1 + -lēga, derivative of legere to choose, gather
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Examples from the Web for colleagues
Contemporary Examples
NEW ORLEANS — John Boehner was reelected House Speaker yesterday by his Republican colleagues despite some dissenting members.
And so we compiled this list through conversations with colleagues and social media crowd-sourcing.
Those images from the Grozny offices were transferred immediately to colleagues outside Chechnya.
She was separated from her colleagues after they were overcome by smoke and heat and ordered to withdraw.
I see friends and colleagues, people I otherwise love and respect, turn our anger into performance.
Historical Examples
The premier and some of his colleagues observed, however, a moody silence.
Alice, or The Mysteries, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
Von Holzen was only a scientist, a fact of which he assured his colleagues repeatedly.
Roden's CornerHenry Seton Merriman
The Indian ventured to question this, and his seven colleagues were all of his opinion.
FreelandTheodor Hertzka
Once out of the de Naarboveck house, he could explain matters to his colleagues.
A Nest of SpiesPierre Souvestre
I must confess that I gave your husband and his colleagues a terrible fright the other night.
The Fortune of the RougonsEmile Zola
colleague
- a fellow worker or member of a staff, department, profession, etc
Word Origin
C16: from French collègue, from Latin collēga one selected at the same time as another, from com- together + lēgāre to choose
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Word Origin and History for colleagues
colleague
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