All 3 Uses of
colleague
in
Unbroken, by Hillenbrand
- None of his colleagues listened.†
p. 238.5 *colleagues = fellow workers -- especially in a respected profession such as teaching, medicine, or law
- Across the hall in the Federal Communications Commission station, one of her colleagues was listening to Japanese radio and typing up broadcasts for review by propaganda analysts.†
p. 253.7
- The colleague asked if Moody could fill in while she took a break.†
p. 253.8
Definition:
fellow worker -- especially in a respected profession such as teaching, medicine, or law