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
Somewhat coyly called Carte Blanche and co-produced by Hillard Elkins, Tynan's Calcutta confrere, the project was not without risk.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Professor Quartz and Baron Hammerstein, celebrated geologists from Germany, are talking with their illustrious confrere, Sir Robert Craxton, in the door.
From The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family by Thackeray, William Makepeace
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.