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 Definitions of Brotherhood  [ˈbrʌð ərˌhʊd]  

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Definition of 'Brotherhood' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) brotherhood
the condition or quality of being a brother or brothers.

2.  brotherhood
the quality of being brotherly; fellowship.

3.  brotherhood
a fraternal or trade organization.

4.  brotherhood
all those engaged in a particular trade, profession, pursuit, etc.

5.  brotherhood
the belief that all people should act with warmth and equality toward one another.

Etymology:  (1250–1300)

Definition of 'Brotherhood' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) brotherhood
the kinship relation between a male offspring and the siblings

2. (noun) brotherhood, fraternity, sodality
people engaged in a particular occupation
"the medical fraternity"

3. (noun) brotherhood
the feeling that men should treat one another like brothers

4. (noun) union, labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood
an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
"you have to join the union in order to get a job"


Definition of 'Brotherhood' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Brotherhood
the state of being brothers or a brother

2. (noun) Brotherhood
an association for any purpose, as a society of monks; a fraternity

3. (noun) Brotherhood
the whole body of persons engaged in the same business, -- especially those of the same profession; as, the legal or medical brotherhood

4. (noun) Brotherhood
persons, and, poetically, things, of a like kind


Translation of 'Brotherhood' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the state of being a brother
the ties of brotherhood.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: broederskap Arabic flag Arabic: أخوّه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: братство
Brazilian flag Brazilian: fraternidade Czech flag Czech: bratrství German flag German: die Brüderlichkeit
Danish flag Danish: broderskab Greek flag Greek: η σχέση ανάμεσα σε δύο αδ Spanish flag Spanish: fraternidad
Estonian flag Estonian: vendlus Farsi flag Farsi: برادری Finnish flag Finnish: veljeys
French flag French: fraternité Hebrew flag Hebrew: אַחֲווָה Hindi flag Hindi: बन्धुत्व
Croatian flag Croatian: bratstvo Hungarian flag Hungarian: testvériség Indonesian flag Indonesian: persaudaraan
Italian flag Italian: fratellanza Japanese flag Japanese: 兄弟の間柄 Korean flag Korean: 형제 관계
Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: brolystė Latvian flag Latvian: brāļu attiecības Malay flag Malay: bersaudara
Dutch flag Dutch: broederschap Norwegian flag Norwegian: brorskap, brodersamfunn Polish flag Polish: braterstwo
Persian flag Persian: برادری Pashto flag Pashto: ورورولی Portuguese flag Portuguese: fraternidade
Romanian flag Romanian: frăţie Russian flag Russian: братство Slovak flag Slovak: bratstvo
Slovenian flag Slovenian: bratstvo Serbian flag Serbian: bratstvo Swedish flag Swedish: broderskap
Thai flag Thai: พวกพ้องเดียวกัน Turkish flag Turkish: kardeşlik Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 兄弟關係
Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: братні стосунки Urdu flag Urdu: بھائی چارہ Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tình anh em
Chinese flag Chinese: 兄弟关系,手足情谊

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'Brotherhood' - Nearby Entries  

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