CONFRERE
confrere
Noun
- a colleague or fellow, especially a professional one
- Unfortunately, when it comes to the informant who turns state’s evidence against a confrere, the OED slaps on the obscure origin label., Michael Sheehan, Wordmall, February 18, 2008.
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