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brotherhood

Dictionary definition · brotherhood

noun

  1. the kinship relation between a male offspring and the siblings
  2. people engaged in a particular occupation"the medical fraternity"
  3. the feeling that men should treat one another like brothers
  4. an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer"you have to join the union in order to get a job"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).