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confrere|kɔ̃frɛr, kənˈfrɛə(r)|
Also 6 confreer, 7 -frier.
[ME. confrere (cf. frere, Friar), a. F. confrere (13th c. in Littré) = Pr. confraire, Cat. confrare, Sp. co(n)frade, It. confrate, med.L. confrāter, f. con- together with + frāter brother. As a naturalized Eng. word (of which the pronunciation would now be kɒnˈfrɪə(r) or -ˈfraɪə(r)) it appears to have become obs. in 17th c.; but it has been taken back into frequent use as a borrowing from mod. French, and is usually written confrère.]
†1. A fellow-member of a fraternity, religious order, college, guild, etc., a colleague in office.
c1425Wyntoun Cron. viii. xvi. 227 That come in Scotland wyth confrere, The kyng of Inglandis tresorere. c1464Paston Lett. No. 496 II. 170 Your confrerys of this holy Ordre. 1540Act 32 Hen. VIII, c. 24 Any of his bretherne or confreres of the hospitall..of saint John of Jerusalem. 1600Holland Livy iii. xxxii. 109 C. Horatius Pulvillus..in whose roome the Augurs (his confreers) chose C. Veturus. 1631Weever Anc. Fun. Mon. 113 None of the Brethren or Confriers of the said Religion..should be called Knights of the Rhodes. 1688R. Holme Armoury iii. 53/2 A..Companion, or Co-Brother, and confrere Knight.
‖2. A fellow-member of a learned profession, scientific body, or the like. [From mod.F.]
1753Torriano Sore Throats 111 The Dissertation of M. Chomel, our Confrere or Brother, upon the gangrenous sore Throats. 1764Bevis in Phil. Trans. LV. 130 Father Boschowick..sent me a very high character of his confrere's..assiduity, and abilities for astronomical observations. 1876Holland Sev. Oaks xxiv. 332 Mr. Belcher..turned the cold shoulder to his confreres. 1881Dr. Gheist 184 Without handicapping our confrères in this way. |