confrere

Noun

confrere (plural confreres)

1. A colleague or fellow, especially a professional one.
   • Unfortunately, when it comes to the informant who turns state’s evidence against a confrere, the OED slaps on the obscure origin label.2008 February 18, Michael Sheehan, Wordmall
2. A fellow member of a religious organization, referring especially to Catholic religious orders of men.
   • Roger Bacon had little reverence for their Franciscan confrere, Alexander of Hales...2012, Timothy J. Johnson, Franciscans and Preaching: Every Miracle from the Beginning of the World Came about Through Words, page 82
   • ... but there was a limited number of magisterial chairs, and so, after a couple of years, the Dominican and Franciscan Masters had to stand aside for the next confrere in line.2015, John Marenbon, Medieval Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction, page 58