fraternity
nounEtymology
PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr From Middle English fraternite, borrowed from Old French fraternité, from Latin frāternitās, ultimately from frāter (“brother”).
- derived from frāternitās
- derived from fraternité
- inherited from fraternite
Definitions
The quality of being brothers or brotherly
The quality of being brothers or brotherly; brotherhood.
A group of people associated for a common purpose.
- The decision of Judge Stafford [to dismiss the case] represents an exhibition of raw power wielded by the well-organized fraternities of the medical profession against consumer groups working in the interest of women's health care.
A social organization of male students at a college or university
A social organization of male students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters.
- Colin Schlank said he rushed a fraternity because he wanted to expand his social circle. […] “They’re called social fraternities for a reason,” he said, “because you’re trying to branch out, you’re trying to meet new people.”
The neighborhood
- synonymbrotherhood
- synonymcommunity
- antonymdisfavor
- neighborfraternal
- neighborfraternise
- neighborfraternize
- neighborfratricide
- neighborfraternity house
- neighborsorority
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at fraternity. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at fraternity. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
6 hops · closes at fraternity
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA