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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 Bambaataa, in the telling, branched off his own parties from that of DJ Kool Herc, the breakbeat innovator, who was like Bambaataa’s confrere, as was Grandmaster Flash. — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026 The elegant bones of this iconic property—once the martini-marinated playground of Sinatra and his Rat Pack confreres—remain unmistakably intact. — David Weiss, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025 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 According to this analysis, Murray and his confreres can qualify as charlatans at best, racists at worst, and likely something in between. — John McWhorter, National Review, 5 July 2017 Some of her confreres were intent on exposing the complex roles of photography in everyday life, especially in advertising and movies. — Roberta Smith, New York Times, 11 May 2017 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

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Brand fans have spotted the pieces on everyone from colleagues to Hailey Bieber and Taylor Swift, and Dorsey is now an eight-figure business, according to the company.

— Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026
My Sun colleagues back at the paper’s Fleet Street office had just discovered that Jagger was planning to reunite with Hall, the glamorous cover girl and catwalk star, in Paris.

— Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026

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