BROTHERHOOD

brotherhood

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

brotherhood, fraternity, sodality

(noun) people engaged in a particular occupation; “the medical fraternity”

union, labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood

(noun) an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; “you have to join the union in order to get a job”

brotherhood

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

brotherhood (countable and uncountable, plural brotherhoods)

The state of being brothers or a brother.

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

The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, especially those of the same profession

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

Synonyms

• fraternity, association, fellowship, sodality, brethren

Hypernyms

• siblinghood

Source: Wiktionary

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Broth"er*hood, n. Etym: [Brother + -hood.]

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.

Syn.

– Fraternity; association; fellowship; sodality.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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