fraternity Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a social club for male undergraduates
frat.
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noun people engaged in a particular occupation
sodality; brotherhood.
- the medical fraternity
WordNet
Fra*ter"ni*ty noun
Etymology
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Definitions
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The state or quality of being fraternal or brotherly; brotherhood. -
A body of men associated for their common interest, business, or pleasure; a company; a brotherhood; a society; in the Roman Catholic Chucrch, an association for special religious purposes, for relieving the sick and destitute, etc. -
Men of the same class, profession, occupation, character, or tastes. With what terms of respect knaves and sots will speak of their own fraternity! South.