Thesaurus results for CONFRÈRE

confrere

noun

ˈkän-ˌfrer

variants also confrère

Definition of confrere

as in colleague

a fellow worker many of the judge's confreres on the Fifth Circuit bench don't feel as she does on the issue

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Recent Examples of confrere With the show, Tigerman and his confreres, who quickly became known as the Chicago Four (later the Chicago Seven), had made their point about Chicago eclecticism. —Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com, 4 June 2019 Designed by Los Angeles architecture firm Johnston Marklee, the $40 million Institute adds a significant new structure to the ensemble that is more open and buoyant than its confreres. —Julie V. Iovine, WSJ, 12 Nov. 2018 And the Brazilian police quickly dismantled, through video evidence and the testimony of Lochte's three swimming confreres, the Olympic athlete's shifting fabrications. —Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 22 Aug. 2016