confrere
Meanings
Plural: confreres
Noun
- a person who is member of one's class or profession
- A colleague or fellow, especially a professional one.
- A fellow member of a religious organization, referring especially to Catholic religious orders of men.
Origin / Etymology
From Old French confrere, from Latin confrāter.
The word which was originally only used for the second sense became obsolete in the 17th century and reappeared in the mid 18th century as a re-borrowing of Modern French confrère whence the first sense is from.
Scrabble Score: 13
confrere is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordconfrere is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
confrere is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 15
confrere is a valid Words With Friends word