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

No matter where Dr. William Henry Welch of Johns Hopkins goes he finds friends to greet him with that affectionate regard which able men yield to an able, modest confrere.

From Time Magazine Archive

But his juvenile confrere shrugged away from his clutch.

From The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police by Kendall, Ralph S.