confrere

Betekenis (Engels)

1. A colleague or fellow, especially a professional one.
2. A fellow member of a religious organization, referring especially to Catholic religious orders of men.

Sinonieme

colleague

fellow

associate

congener

counterpart

opposite number

vis-a-vis

brethren

brother

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Vertalings

confrère

collega

company

col·lega

companya

συνάδελφος

collègue

ambtgenoot

ambtsbroeder

colega

Fellow

fellow

colega

compañero

Etimologie (Engels)

From Old French confrere, from Latin confrāter.
The word which was originally only used for the second sense became obsolete in the 17th century and reappeared in the mid 18th century as a re-borrowing of Modern French confrère whence the first sense is from.