Confrere
/ˈkɒnfrɛər/noun
A person in the same profession, group, or fraternity; a colleague or fellow member.
Did you know?Confrere comes through French from Latin con- (“with”) + frater (“brother”), and its older spiritual vibe lives on in words like fraternity, where language turns membership into bloodline.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bʰréh₂tēr
“brother”
Latin
Latin
frāter
“brother”
Late Latin
Latin
confrāter
“fellow brother; companion in a brotherhood”
Old French
Old French
confrere
“a brother in a religious order; a companion or colleague”
Modern English
English
confrere
“a colleague, especially one in the same profession or organization”