fraternity
Pluralfraternities
- 1A social club for male students at a college or university, usually named with Greek letters.
My brother joined a fraternity during his first year of college.
Two fraternities on campus raised money for the local food bank.
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- 2A group of people who are joined together for a shared purpose.
The town's fishing fraternity meets at the lake every Saturday morning.
Night-shift nurses at the hospital form a small fraternity and always help each other.
Similarcommunity, profession, brotherhood, circle, society
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- 3Being brothers, or the friendly, caring feeling between people who treat each other like brothers.
After the long trip together, the team felt a real sense of fraternity.
The festival was planned to build fraternity between the two towns.
Similarbrotherhood, fellowship, camaraderie, comradeship, solidarity
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Origin
From Old French and Latin. It comes from the Latin word frāter, which means "brother."