confrater

== Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin confrater, from com- (“together”) + frater (“brother, fellow”). Compare English confrere, German Mitbruder. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌkɔnˈfraː.tər/ Hyphenation: con‧fra‧ter Rhymes: -aːtər === Noun === confrater m (plural confraters, diminutive confratertje n) a confrere, professional colleague, chiefly in an upper-class profession, especially in the legal profession a fellow member, e.g. of a confraternity (figuratively) a confrere, a comrade, a cahoot ==== Synonyms ==== (colleague): ambtsbroeder, collega (fellow member): medebroeder (comrade, cahoot): kameraad, kornuit