 brotherhood |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (sociology) people engaged in a particular occupation | |
| Synonyms: | fraternity sodality | |
| Examples: | "the medical fraternity" |
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| Related terms: | class brother sodalist | |
| 2. | [ noun ] the feeling that men should treat one another like brothers | |
| Related terms: | friendliness | |
| 3. | [ noun ] the kinship relation between a male offspring and the siblings | |
| Related terms: | kinship | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (work) an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer | |
| Synonyms: | union labor_union trades_union trade_union | |
| Examples: | "you have to join the union in order to get a job" |
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| Related terms: | organization industrial_union craft_union company_union international_workers_of_the_world labor_movement | |
| Similar spelling: |
Brothers breather brotherly Brotherton brotherly_love brotherlike |
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