All 12 Uses of
colleague
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- "Yes," said Monte Cristo "I perfectly recollect him; I think he was your colleague."†
Chpt 43-44 *
- As the count's title sounded on his ear he rose, and addressing his colleagues, who were members of one or the other Chamber, he said,—"Gentlemen, pardon me for leaving you so abruptly; but a most ridiculous circumstance has occurred, which is this,—Thomson & French, the Roman bankers, have sent to me a certain person calling himself the Count of Monte Cristo, and have given him an unlimited credit with me.†
Chpt 45-46
- But besides all this, in order that the instrument may not be contested, I am anxious to give it the greatest possible authenticity, therefore, one of my colleagues will help me, and, contrary to custom, will assist in the dictation of the testament.†
Chpt 59-60
- They had formed a circle round the invalid; the second notary was sitting at a table, prepared for writing, and his colleague was standing before the testator in the act of interrogating him on the subject to which we have alluded.†
Chpt 59-60
- The first notary handed over each note, as he examined it, to his colleague.†
Chpt 59-60
- He is a colleague of the count, and one of the most active opponents to the idea of providing the Chamber of Peers with a uniform.†
Chpt 69-70
- Every one had arrived almost before the usual hour, and was conversing on the melancholy event which was to attract the attention of the public towards one of their most illustrious colleagues.†
Chpt 85-86
- The Count of Morcerf was no favorite with his colleagues.†
Chpt 85-86
- He arrived at his usual hour, with a proud look and insolent demeanor; he alighted, passed through the corridors, and entered the house without observing the hesitation of the door-keepers or the coolness of his colleagues.†
Chpt 85-86
- Oh, that I could, instead of taking up this defence, shed my last drop of blood to prove to my noble colleagues that I am their equal in worth.†
Chpt 85-86
- He is, doubtless, come to prove the perfect innocence of our colleague.†
Chpt 85-86
- His colleagues looked at him, and doubtless pitied his prospects, blighted under the perfumed breath of a woman.†
Chpt 85-86
Definition:
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(colleague) fellow worker -- especially in a respected profession such as teaching, medicine, or law