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- Dictionaryconfrère/ˈkɒnfrɛː/
noun
- 1. a fellow member of a profession: "Pooley's police confrères"
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noun. con· frere ˈkän-ˌfrer. kōⁿ-ˌ, kän-ˈ, kōⁿ-ˈ, kən-ˈ. variants or less commonly confrère. Synonyms of confrere. : colleague, comrade. Did you know? Confrere arrived in English from Anglo-French in the 15th century, and ultimately derives from the Medieval Latin confrater, meaning "brother" or "fellow."
It's a fellow worker, a member of your professional group or an esteemed peer. Think of the noun confrere as a very French sounding way to say "colleague." In fact, frere means "brother" in French, so a confrere is like someone who's a part of your professional brotherhood.
Confrere definition: a fellow member of a fraternity, profession, etc.; colleague. See examples of CONFRERE used in a sentence.
Define confrere. confrere synonyms, confrere pronunciation, confrere translation, English dictionary definition of confrere. n. A fellow member of a fraternity or profession; a colleague.
noun. a fellow member of a profession, fraternity, etc. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. C15: from Old French, from Medieval Latin confrāter fellow member, from Latin frāter brother. confrere in American English. (ˈkɑnˌfrɛr ; kɑnˈfrɛr ) noun.
noun. [ masculine ] / kɔ̃fʀɛʀ/ Add to word list. (collègue) homme qui fait le même métier que qqn d’autre. colleague. Mon médecin m’a orienté vers un de ses confrères spécialistes. My doctor has referred me to one of his specialist colleagues. (Translation of confrère from the GLOBAL French-English Dictionary © 2018 K Dictionaries Ltd) Browse.
Confrere definition: A fellow member of a fraternity or profession; a colleague.
confrere in American English. (ˈkɑnfrɛər) noun. a fellow member of a fraternity, profession, etc.; colleague. my confreres in the medical profession. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Word origin.
confrère /ˈkɒnfrɛə/ n. a fellow member of a profession, fraternity, etc. Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French, from Medieval Latin confrāter fellow member, from Latin frāter brother. 'confrere' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations): confraternity - friend.
Synonyms for CONFRERE: colleague, associate, coworker, peer, accomplice, buddy, collaborator, partner, fellow, pal.
