col|league

col|league
col|league1 «KOL eeg», noun.
an associate; fellow worker or fellow member of a profession or organization: »

The teacher's colleagues taught his classes while he was ill.

[< Middle French collègue, learned borrowing from Latin collega one chosen at the same time (as another) < com- together + lēgāre send or choose as deputy < lēx, lēgis contract, law]
col|league2 «kuh LEEG», verb, -leagued, -lea|guing.
–v.i.
1. to enter into a league or alliance; combine.
2. = conspire. (Cf.conspire)
–v.t.
Obsolete. to join in a league or alliance.
[< Old French colliguer, learned borrowing from Latin colligāre < com- together + ligāre bind]

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