Associations to the word «Fraternity»

Wiktionary

FRATERNITY, noun. The quality of being brothers or brotherly; brotherhood.
FRATERNITY, noun. A group of people associated for a common purpose.
FRATERNITY, noun. (US) A social organization of male students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters.

Dictionary definition

FRATERNITY, noun. A social club for male undergraduates.
FRATERNITY, noun. People engaged in a particular occupation; "the medical fraternity".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats