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fraternity
[ fruh-tur-ni-tee ]
noun
- a local or national organization of male students, primarily for social purposes, usually with secret initiation and rites and a name composed of two or three Greek letters.
- a group of persons associated by or as if by ties of brotherhood.
- any group or class of persons having common purposes, interests, etc.:
the medical fraternity.
- an organization of laymen for religious or charitable purposes; sodality.
- the quality of being brotherly; brotherhood:
liberty, equality, and fraternity.
- the relation of a brother or between brothers.
fraternity
/ ´Ú°ùəˈ³Ùɜ˲Ôɪ³Ùɪ /
noun
- a body of people united in interests, aims, etc Gender-neutral formcommunity
the teaching fraternity
- brotherhood
- a secret society joined by male students, usually functioning as a social club
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ¾±²Ôt±ð°ù·´Ú°ù²¹Â·³Ù±ð°ùn¾±Â·³Ù²â adjective
- ²Ô´Ç²Ôî€Ð°ù²¹Â·³Ù±ð°ùn¾±Â·³Ù²â noun plural nonfraternities
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of fraternity1
Example Sentences
It was like, “Is this a fraternity? Who does this?â€
Fury caught everyone off guard when he announced his retirement last month, but there seem to be very few among the boxing fraternity that believe him.
They seemed to belong to the Jewish fraternity of some university.
At one star-studded gig in Los Angeles in June, which was intended as a show of unity for the West Coast rap fraternity, Lamar played his biggest diss track five times.
After sharing the details of Dahlem’s life, Dumm concluded: “I’d wager that if I had not written this about my friend and fraternity brother, you probably would never have heard of him. Now you have!â€
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