confrere

[ kon-frair ]
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noun
  1. a fellow member of a fraternity, profession, etc.; colleague: my confreres in the medical profession.

Origin of confrere

1
1425–75; late Middle English <Middle French <Medieval Latin confrāter colleague, equivalent to Latin con-con- + frāterbrother

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confrère

/ (ˈkɒnfrɛə) /


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

Origin of confrère

1
C15: from Old French, from Medieval Latin confrāter fellow member, from Latin frāter brother

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