Today's Word "confrere"
Published in Vocabulary
confrere \KON-frair\ (noun) - A fellow member of a fraternity or profession; a colleague; a comrade; an intimate associate.
"The negotiations kept breaking down, largely because the president was treating that adversary as a confrere whose hideous character flaws could not be discussed."
Confrere comes from Old French, from Medieval Latin confrater, from Latin com-, "with, together" + frater, "brother."
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