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col·league (käl′ēg′)

noun

a fellow worker in the same profession; associate

Etymology: Fr collègue < L collega, one chosen along with another < com-, with + legare, to appoint as deputy: see legate

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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