brotherhood (noun)
1brotherhood — ► NOUN 1) the relationship between brothers. 2) a feeling of kinship and closeness. 3) an association or community of people …
2brotherhood — noun 1 (U) a feeling of friendship between people: peace and brotherhood among men 2 (C) an organization or society formed for a particular purpose, especially a religious one: the Franciscan brotherhood 3 (C) old fashioned a union of workers in… …
3brotherhood — noun 1) the ideals of justice and brotherhood Syn: comradeship, fellowship, brotherliness, fraternalism, kinship; camaraderie, friendship 2) a masonic brotherhood Syn: society, fraternity, association, alliance …
4brotherhood — noun a) The state of being brothers or a brother. A brotherhood of venerable trees. . b) An association for any purpose, as a society of monks; a fraternity. Syn: fraternity, association, fellowship, sodality, breth …
5brotherhood — noun Etymology: Middle English brotherhede, brotherhod, alteration of brotherrede, from Old English brōthorrǣden, from brōthor + rǣden condition more at kindred Date: 14th century 1. the quality or state of being brothers 2. fellowship, allianc …
6brotherhood — noun 1》 the relationship between brothers. ↘a feeling of kinship and closeness. 2》 an association or community of people with a common interest, religion, or trade. ↘N. Amer. a trade union. Origin ME: prob. from obs. brotherred (based on… …
7brotherhood — UK [ˈbrʌðə(r)ˌhʊd] / US [ˈbrʌðərˌhʊd] noun Word forms brotherhood : singular brotherhood plural brotherhoods 1) [uncountable] the friendship and support that a group of people, especially men, get from one another He taught us freedom, tolerance …
8brotherhood — broth|er|hood [ brʌðər,hud ] noun 1. ) uncount the friendship and support that a group of people, especially men, get from one another: He taught us freedom, tolerance, and brotherhood. 2. ) count a group of people, especially a group of men, who …
9Brotherhood — This unusual and interesting name, recorded in English church registers under the variant spellings Brotherhed, Brotherheed, Brotherhead, Bretherhod etc., from the mid 16th Century, has two distinct possible origins. Firstly, it may have… …
10brotherhood — [ˈbrʌðəˌhʊd] noun 1) [U] the friendship and support that a group of people get from one another 2) [C] a group of people who have similar interests …