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colleague
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A Long Way Gone
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The soldiers never brought back their dead colleagues.†
p. 106.2 *

colleagues = fellow workers -- especially in a respected profession such as teaching, medicine, or law
We arrived at the outskirts of Bauya just before sunset and waited in the bushes as our commander went ahead to make sure our colleagues wouldn't shoot at us.†
p. 127.1
Most of his colleagues, Staff Sergeant Mansaray and Corporal Gadafi, had died, but the lieutenant had miraculously managed to stay alive unscarred.†
p. 128.1
He had also been able to replace his dead colleagues with other men who were fierce and disciplined.†
p. 128.2
I was enjoying his maneuver when one of the guards, upon returning to his post, saw the body of his colleague and began running back to tell the others.†
p. 143.6

Definitions:

(1) (colleague)
fellow worker -- especially in a respected profession such as teaching, medicine, or law
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)