confrater

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin confrater, from com- (“together”) + frater (“brother, fellow”). Compare English confrere, German Mitbruder.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkɔnˈfraː.tər/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: con‧fra‧ter
  • Rhymes: -aːtər

Noun

confrater m (plural confraters, diminutive confratertje n)

  1. a confrere, professional colleague, chiefly in an upper-class profession, especially in the legal profession
  2. a fellow member, e.g. of a confraternity
  3. (figuratively) a confrere, a comrade, a cahoot

Synonyms

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