Colleague
/ˈkɒliːɡ/
noun
A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate.
verb
To unite or associate with another or with others.
“Young Fortinbras,/ Holding a weak supposal of our worth/...Colleagued with the dream of his advantage,/...hath not failed to pester us with message/ Importing the surrender of those lands/Lost by his father. - Hamlet (Act I, Scene 2)”