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col·league  audio  (klg) KEY 

NOUN:
A fellow member of a profession, staff, or academic faculty; an associate. See Synonyms at partner.
ETYMOLOGY:
French collègue, from Latin collga : com-, com- + lgre, to depute; see leg- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
colleague·ship(Noun)


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