confreres

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