Definition of Colleagues

1. Noun. (plural of colleague) ¹

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Definition of Colleagues

1. colleague [n] - See also: colleague

Lexicographical Neighbors of Colleagues

collationed
collationer
collationers
collations
collatitious
collative
collator
collators
collaud
collauded
collauding
collauds
colleages
colleague
colleagued
colleagues
colleagueship
colleagueships
colleaguing
collect
collect call
collect dust
collect one's thoughts
collect one's wits
collect up
collectability
collectable
collectables
collectanea
collected

Literary usage of Colleagues

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1890)
"... for surgical lectures, which led to a controversy between Gunning, senior surgeon, supported by two of his colleagues, and Hunter ( >ee t lie account in ..."

2. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1839)
"They put Theramenes, one of their colleagues, to death. ... When he saw with what an excess of violence and cruelty his colleagues behaved, ..."

3. Cavendish by Russell K. McCormmach, Christa Jungnickel (1996)
"Friends and Colleagues Lord Charles Cavendish's friends and colleagues tended to be one and the same. Apart from those within his family, his friendships ..."

4. The Law and Custom of the Constitution by William Reynell Anson (1907)
"The Prime Minister and his Colleagues. A man becomes Prime Minister by kissing the King's hands and accepting the commission to form a Ministry. ..."

5. The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States by United States Dept. of State, Francis Wharton, John Bassett Moore (1889)
"This is also the opinion of my colleagues. I have the honor to be, etc., ... You and your colleagues both perceive that these people wish to negotiate with ..."

6. Thucydides Translated Into English by Benjamin Jowett, Thucydides (1881)
"... island 1 hey at length surrendered to Nicias and his colleagues, The Athe- placing themselves at the disposal of the Athenians, but ravage stipulating ..."

7. Institutes of the Christian Religion by Jean Calvin (1844)
"... is the professed object of Paul — to prevent his being considered as inferior in his apostolic character to Peter or John, who were his colleagues, ..."

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