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brotherhood

noun
/ˈbɹʌðɚˌhʊd/US/ˈbɹʌðəˌhʊd/UK/ˈbɹʌðəˌhɵd/

Etymology

From Middle English brotherhod, equivalent to brother + -hood, from earlier brotherhede, alteration (influenced by suffixes in -hood, -head) of Early Middle English brotherrede (“brotherhood, fraternity”), from Old English brōþorrǣden (“brotherhood, fellowship”), equivalent to brother + -red (see brotherred). More at brother, -red. Piecewise doublet of friarhood.

  1. derived from brōþorrǣden
  2. derived from brotherrede
  3. inherited from brotherhod

Definitions

  1. The state of being brothers or a brother (also figuratively).

    • brotherdom

  2. An association of people for any purpose, such as a society of monks

    An association of people for any purpose, such as a society of monks; a fraternity.

    • James formed a kind of brotherhood for ex-pats who were working in Valencia.

  3. All the people engaged in the same business, especially those of the same profession

    • the legal brotherhood
    • the medical brotherhood
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. People, or (poetically) things, of the same kind.

      • a brotherhood of venerable trees

The neighborhood

Derived

blackhood, blood brotherhood, brotherhood-in-arms

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA