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confrere

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8 lettersPart of speech nounSorted ceefnorrStarts with CEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a person who is member of one's class or profession

Word origin

From Old French confrere, from Latin confrāter.

Used in a sentence

  • Unfortunately, when it comes to the informant who turns state’s evidence against a confrere, the OED slaps on the obscure origin label.
  • Roger Bacon had little reverence for their Franciscan confrere, Alexander of Hales...
  • ... but there was a limited number of magisterial chairs, and so, after a couple of years, the Dominican and Franciscan Masters had to stand aside for the next confrere in line.

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