fraternity
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5.5
- noun
- /frəˈtɜrnɪti/
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gremio
- The coaching business is no doubt a fraternity of sorts, and a close one at that.
- Equality, and Fraternity
- Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity
- members of fraternities
What an embarrassment to the legal fraternity she is.
- What an embarrassment to the legal fraternity she is.
- Like the criminal fraternity had trades.
- Dave was my first real contact within the criminal fraternity.
- The the players who come through there, that's a fraternity.
- Yeah, he was, he come across kind, even though he was part of the criminal fraternity, to me, he just seemed like he was the middleman.
- So, so it's important to have that fraternity and, and inevitably as an actor and knowing how difficult it is to get in front of them of that thing.
Examples
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The teaching fraternity is committed to sharing innovative practices to enhance student learning.
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It's the fraternity of performers.
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What impact does this have on the fraternity of bishops when this man is their president?
Blog text (30) -
In the tight-knit fraternity of American Latin teachers, Foster's summer course has become legendary.
Academic text (1994) -
- David Kenner was a long-time Los Angeles criminal attorney, and by the late 80s, he had become part of a fraternity of top flight attorneys that handled a lot of federal cases.
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The medical fraternity often collaborates on groundbreaking research to improve patient care.
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As a member of the engineering fraternity, he attended several conferences to network with peers.
Synonyms
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3.7
A group of people in the same job who support each other
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3.9
A group of people who share the same interests or activities
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9.9
A group of people who share a common purpose and work together
Compounds
How United
Surface Forms
Morphology
fraternity = fraternal (semi-transparent) = fratern + ity
The structure 'fratern-' + '-ity' conveys the general idea of a 'brotherhood' or close professional group, but the stem is not a standalone English word and the occupational sense is an extended/metaphorical use.
Etymology
The word fraternity comes from the Latin frater, which means 'brother', and can mean any group of people who feel close like a family. So calling a profession a fraternity suggests a 'brotherhood' of people who share the same work, skills, and help one another.