(ˈ)kōⁿ|fre(ə)r, -fra(ə)r, ˈkänˌf-, ˈkȯnˌf- noun
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Etymology: Middle English, colleague, fellow member especially of a confraternity, from Middle French, from Old French (translation of Medieval Latin confrater ), from com- + frere brother, from Latin frater
: colleague : a fellow worker (as in a profession or in a field of study) ; broadly : fellow , comrade