Both Uses of
colleague
in
The Scarlet Pimpernel
- In his official capacity he had been received courteously by his English colleagues: Mr. Pitt had shaken him by the hand; Lord Grenville had entertained him more than once; but the more intimate circles of London society ignored him altogether; the women openly turned their backs upon him; the men who held no official position refused to shake his hand.†
Chpt 11colleagues = fellow workers -- especially in a respected profession such as teaching, medicine, or law
- Chauvelin had sworn to his colleagues in Paris that he would discover the identity of that meddlesome Englishman, entice him over to France, and then ...Chauvelin drew a deep breath of satisfaction at the very thought of seeing that enigmatic head falling under the knife of the guillotine, as easily as that of any other man.†
Chpt 11 *
Definition:
fellow worker -- especially in a respected profession such as teaching, medicine, or law