confrere

Example Sentences

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“They have insinuated infamy on the integrity of my priestly life, having financed witnesses in a trial against a confrere, even being the owner of oil wells or tax havens.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 17, 2022

In the crowd were the actors Tony Danza, Tony Lo Bianco and Jelani Remy; Monty Alexander, a jazz pianist; and Deana Martin, an entertainer and daughter of the Sinatra confrere Dean Martin.

From New York Times • Sep. 25, 2019

In Owen, Casey has found a willing confrere.

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2014

Gardner has been a renowned poet, the confrere of Yeats and Frost, whom he tellingly quotes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Like his confrere, he remained upon the Bench until he died, which was in extreme old age.

From The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest by Sparks, William Henry