CONFRERE

PRONUNCIATION: (KON-frayr)

MEANING: noun: Colleague; a fellow member of a profession, fraternity, etc.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin con- (with) + frater (brother). Other cousins of this word, derived from the same Indo-European root bhrater- (brother), are brother, pal, fraternal, and bully. Earliest documented use: 1425.

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CONFREE - Parole board