colleague

[ kol-eeg ]

/ ˈkɒl ig /

an associate.

Origin of colleague

1515–25; < Middle French collegue < Latin collēga, equivalent to col- col-¹ + -lēga, derivative of legere to choose, gather

col·league·ship, noun

NEW ORLEANS — John Boehner was reelected House Speaker yesterday by his Republican colleagues despite some dissenting members.

The Price of Steve Scalise’s Silence |Jason Berry |January 7, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
And so we compiled this list through conversations with colleagues and social media crowd-sourcing.

The Best Columns of 2014 |John Avlon, Errol Louis |December 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Those images from the Grozny offices were transferred immediately to colleagues outside Chechnya.

Putin’s Favorite Acolyte Terrorizes Human Rights Activists |Anna Nemtsova |December 14, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
She was separated from her colleagues after they were overcome by smoke and heat and ordered to withdraw.

The Mystery Death Of A Female Firefighter |Christopher Moraff |December 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

I see friends and colleagues, people I otherwise love and respect, turn our anger into performance.

The Unbearable Whiteness of Protesting |Rawiya Kameir, Judnick Mayard |December 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
I have had conversations with all my colleagues representing the Great Powers.

Why We Are At War (2nd Edition, revised) |Members of the Oxford Faculty of Modern History
As a diplomatist, nobody save Marlborough had the same influence over men or was given equal freedom by his colleagues at home.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 8 |Various
My colleagues seem inclined to sign this with Mr Hartley, and so to finish the affair.

The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IV (of 12) |Various
She impressed upon him, as she had upon all his colleagues the appalling wickedness of shooting the citizens of Belfast.

The Red Hand of Ulster |George A. Birmingham
He had previously given his sanction to the Stevens Reconstruction Bill in opposition to his colleagues.

The Life of Lyman Trumbull |Horace White

colleague

/ (ˈkɒliːɡ) /

a fellow worker or member of a staff, department, profession, etc

C16: from French collègue, from Latin collēga one selected at the same time as another, from com- together + lēgāre to choose