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Meaning of 'brotherhood'
Meaning of 'brotherhood' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Brotherhood 
[ n.]
- The state of being brothers or a brother. [ n.]- An association for any purpose, as a society of monks; a fraternity.
- The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, -- especially those of the same profession; as, the legal or medical brotherhood.
- Persons, and, poetically, things, of a like kind.
Meaning of 'brotherhood' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. brotherhood [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- people engaged in a particular occupation
- people engaged in a particular occupation
Example in sentence:
- the medical fraternity
Meaning (2):
- an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
- an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
Example in sentence:
- you have to join the union in order to get a job
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