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

"Oblige me," said the doctor to his confrere, "by seeing this prescription made up; and you can examine the patient yourself; but do not fatigue him."

From A Terrible Temptation A Story of To-Day by Reade, Charles