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fra·ter·ni·ty
(frə-tûr′nĭ-tē)n. pl. fra·ter·ni·ties
1. A body of people associated for a common purpose or interest, such as a guild.
2. A group of people joined by similar backgrounds, occupations, interests, or tastes: the fraternity of bird watchers.
3. A social organization at a college or university, traditionally consisting of male students and designated by Greek letters.
4. Roman Catholic Church A sodality.
5. The quality or condition of being brothers; brotherliness.
[Middle English fraternite, from Old French, from Latin frāternitās, from frāternus, fraternal; see fraternal.]
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fraternity
(frəˈtɜːnɪtɪ)n, pl -ties
1. a body of people united in interests, aims, etc: the teaching fraternity. Gender-neutral form: community
2. brotherhood
3. (Education) US and Canadian a secret society joined by male students, usually functioning as a social club
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fra•ter•ni•ty
(frəˈtɜr nɪ ti)n., pl. -ties.
1. a local or national social organization of male students usu. with secret initiation and rites and a name composed of Greek letters.
2. a group of persons associated by or as if by ties of brotherhood.
3. any group or class of persons having common purposes or interests.
4. an organization of laymen for religious or charitable purposes; sodality.
5. the quality or state of being brotherly; brotherhood.
[1300–50; Middle English < Latin]
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fraternity
a fellowship or association of men, as for a benevolent or charitable purpose or at a college.
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Fraternity
a group of men joined by a common interest or organized for religious purposes, 1330. See also brotherhood, fellowship, guild.Examples: fraternity of couriers, 1838; of free masons, 1851; of goldsmiths, 1870; of mercers, 1483; of vagabonds, 1561.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
fraternity
An organization of male students at a college or university, primarily for social activities.
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| Noun | 1. |  fraternity - a social club for male undergraduatesgild, guild, social club, society, club, lodge, order - a formal association of people with similar interests; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today" chapter - a local branch of some fraternity or association; "he joined the Atlanta chapter" |
| 2. | fraternity - people engaged in a particular occupation; "the medical fraternity" social class, socio-economic class, stratum, class - people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class" brother - a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group); "none of his brothers would betray him" sodalist - a member of a sodality |
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fraternity
noun
1. companionship, fellowship, brotherhood, kinship, camaraderie, comradeship He needs the fraternity of others.
3. brotherhood, club, union, society, league, association, sodality He joined a college fraternity.
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fraternity
nounA group of people united in a relationship and having some interest, activity, or purpose in common:
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Translations
أخَويَّه رهبانيَّهجَماعَه أخويّه، رابِطَهجَمعِيَّة مِن الطُّلّاب الذُّكور
bratrstvochlapecký studentský spolekprofesespolečenství
broderskabgruppestand
veljeskuntaveljeys
bratstvo
diákklubtestvériesség
bræîralag, félagasamtökfélagssamtök karlmanna; bræîralag
fraternitate
chlapčenský študentský spolok
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
fraternity
[frəˈtɜːrnɪti] n (= friendship and support) → fraternité f
(US) (in university) association d'étudiants sélective
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
fraternity
n
no pl → Brüderlichkeit f
(= community) → Vereinigung f, → Zunft f; (Eccl) → Bruderschaft f; (US Univ) → Verbindung f; the legal/medical/teaching fraternity → die Juristen pl → /Mediziner pl → /Lehrer pl; the hunting/sailing fraternity → die Jagd-/Segelfans pl; the criminal fraternity → die Kriminellen pl, → die Unterwelt ? also sorority
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
fraternity
[frəˈtɜːnɪtɪ] n → fraternità; (club) → associazione f; (spirit) → fratellanza (Am) (Univ) associazione studentesca maschileCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
fraternal
(frəˈtəːnl) adjective of or like a brother. a fraternal greeting.
fraˈternally adverbfraˈternity – plural fraˈternities – noun
1. a company of people who regard each other as equals, eg monks.
2. a company of people with the same interest, job etc. the banking fraternity.
3. (American) a society of male students in various universities.
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