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colleague

Definition for colleague

noun as in associate, fellow worker

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Example Sentences

A colleague overheard two conservative Mass. lawmakers talking about what “the gays” could do.

To Hitchcock, this is not a sweet wire from an old colleague but a condolence letter on the occasion of his own death.

“You got the wrong number for that,” Det. Johnson told her colleague, Coleman, over the phone while I fed her questions.

Maria Tomak says a colleague presented the document directly to Poroshenko when he met with volunteers on August 21.

As the wrangling continued, Lloyd and Postol grew to rely on their new colleague, Susli.

To endeavour to establish a case of conspiracy against him, another individual was produced as his colleague.

He enlarges upon the kind consent of his distinguished colleague to take charge of my case.

His colleague looks abashed, like a schoolboy caught in a naughty act.

Theobald could not find an excuse to outstay his colleague, since they were both guests at the same house.

By his side sat his colleague, wearing a United States soldiers' blue overcoat.

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On this page you'll find 66 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to colleague, such as: aide, ally, assistant, buddy, companion, and comrade.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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