All 4 Uses of
colleague
in
Not Without My Daughter
- Our American friends and neighbors as well as his medical colleagues expected and even demanded that he declare his allegiance to the nation that allowed him a comfortable livelihood.†
colleagues = fellow workers -- especially in a respected profession such as teaching, medicine, or law
- But Moody treated him with all the respect due to a colleague, and they worked together happily with the Iranian students.†
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- Underworked and overpaid, Moody's "colleague" may have seen the opportunity for a power play to grab a greater share of the available business.†
- I knew that if he visited with some of his old colleagues, the subject would probably arise, so one day I suggested, "why don't you go visit your old friends at Carson City?†
colleagues = fellow workers -- especially in a respected profession such as teaching, medicine, or law
Definition:
fellow worker -- especially in a respected profession such as teaching, medicine, or law