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Webster 1913 Edition

Brotherhood

Broth′er-hood

,
Noun.
[
Brother
+
-hood
.]
1.
The state of being brothers or a brother.
2.
An association for any purpose, as a society of monks; a fraternity.
3.
The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, – especially those of the same profession;
as, the legal or medical
brotherhood
.
4.
Persons, and, poetically, things, of a like kind.
A
brotherhood
of venerable trees.
Wordsworth.
Syn. – Fraternity; association; fellowship; sodality.

Webster 1828 Edition

Brotherhood

BROTH'ERHOOD

,
Noun.
[brother and hood.] The state or quality of being a brother.
1.
An association of men for any purpose,as a society of monks; a fraternity.
2.
A class of men of the same kind, profession, or occupation.

Definition 2024

brotherhood

brotherhood

English

Noun

brotherhood ‎(plural brotherhoods)

  1. The state of being brothers or a brother.
  2. An association for any purpose, such as a society of monks; a fraternity.
  3. The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, especially those of the same profession
    the legal brotherhood
    the medical brotherhood
  4. Persons, and, poetically, things, of a like kind.
    A brotherhood of venerable trees. - William Wordsworth.

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Translations

body of persons engaged in same business

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Etymology

From Middle English brotherhod, from earlier brotherhede, alteration (influenced by suffixes in -hood, -head) of Early Middle English brotherrede ‎(“brotherhood, fraternity”), from Old English brōþorrǣden ‎(“brotherhood, fellowship”), equivalent to brother +‎ -red (see brotherred). More at brother, -red.

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