| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| confrere |
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| SYLLABICATION: | con·frere |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  k n frâr |
| NOUN: | A fellow member of a fraternity or profession; a colleague. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin c nfr ter : Latin com-, com- + Latin frter, brother; see bhrter- in Appendix I.
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