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Definition of Brotherhood
1. Noun. The kinship relation between a male offspring and the siblings.
2. Noun. People engaged in a particular occupation. "The medical fraternity"
Generic synonyms: Class, Social Class, Socio-economic Class, Stratum
Member holonyms: Brother, Sodalist
Derivative terms: Brother, Fraternise, Fraternize, Sodalist
3. Noun. The feeling that men should treat one another like brothers.
4. Noun. An organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer. "You have to join the union in order to get a job"
Generic synonyms: Organisation, Organization
Specialized synonyms: Industrial Union, Vertical Union, Craft Union, Company Union, I.w.w., Industrial Workers Of The World, Iww
Group relationships: Labor, Labor Movement, Trade Union Movement
Derivative terms: Trade Unionist, Unionize, Unionize
Definition of Brotherhood
1. n. The state of being brothers or a brother.
Definition of Brotherhood
1. Noun. The state of being brothers or a brother. ¹
2. Noun. An association for any purpose, as a society of monks; a fraternity. ¹
3. Noun. The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, -- especially those of the same profession; as, the legal or medical brotherhood. ¹
4. Noun. Persons, and, poetically, things, of a like kind. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Brotherhood
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Brotherhood
1. 1. The state of being brothers or a brother. 2. An association for any purpose, as a society of monks; a fraternity. 3. The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, especially those of the same profession; as, the legal or medical brotherhood. 4. Persons, and, poetically, things, of a like kind. "A brotherhood of venerable trees." (Wordsworth) Synonym: Fraternity, association, fellowship, sodality. Origin: Brother + -hood. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brotherhood
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