Colleague Definition

kŏlēg

colleagues

noun

colleagues

A fellow worker in the same profession; associate.

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verb

To unite or associate with another or with others.

Young Fortinbras,/ Holding a weak supposal of our worth/...Colleagued with the dream of his advantage,/...hath not failed to pester us with message/ Importing the surrender of those lands/Lost by his father. - Hamlet (Act I, Scene 2)

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Other Word Forms of Colleague

Noun

Singular:

colleague

Plural:

colleagues

Origin of Colleague

From Middle French collegue, from Latin collega (“a partner in office”), from com- (“with”) + legare (“to send on an embassy”), from lex (“law”).

From Wiktionary
French collègue from Latin collēga com- com- lēgāre to depute leg- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition