Definitions for confrere

confrere con·frere

Spelling: [kon-frair]
IPA: /ˈkɒn frɛər/

Confrere is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 140 anagrams from letters in confrere (ceefnorr).

Definitions for confrere

noun

  1. a fellow member of a fraternity, profession, etc.; colleague:

Origin of confrere

1425-75; late Middle English Middle French Medieval Latin confrāter colleague, equivalent to Latin con- con- + frāter brother

Examples for confrere

When Perrotte died he and M. Revault, his confrere, thought the cause of death would be seen as poison in an autopsy.

Some one has warned him—an enemy of the Countess, a confrere of Maitland.

It was a magnificent specimen, and exactly like its European confrere.

His confrere, who had preceded him here, sat enviously at one of the minor tables.

The cadaverous one jotted down something in a pocket-book, and exchanged a few words with his confrere.

Our confrere Ruhlmann, of the Elektrotechnische Zeitschrift, gives a still more remarkable example yet of such confusion.

Before a 'confrere' she was certain he would not ask her dangerous questions.

Dr Revault, confrere of Guyot, regretted the failure to perform a post-mortem on the body of Perrotte.

It is also written to uphold the reputation of the Western conjuror against the spurious ascendancy held by his Eastern confrere.

It was only when the supercargo was planning some especial piece of villainy that he addressed his confrere by his Christian name.

Word Value for confrere
Scrable

13

Words with friends

15

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