brotherhood has definitions from the fields of sociology,work
1
[ noun ] (sociology) people engaged in a particular occupation

Synonyms

fraternity sodality

Examples

"the medical fraternity"

Related terms

class brother sodalist

2
[ noun ] the feeling that men should treat one another like brothers

Used in print

(Peter J. White, "Report on Laos"...)

The Prince visited the hospital of Operation Brotherhood , supported by the Junior_Chamber_of_Commerce of the Philippines , and fed rice to two pet elephants he kept at his residence at Pak_Song .

Related terms

friendliness

3
[ noun ] the kinship relation between a male offspring and the siblings

Used in print

(Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)

All_of this happening in a time of their lives when their youth and their brotherhood knitted them together as no other time or circumstance could .

Related terms

kinship

4
[ noun ] (work) an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer

Examples

"you have to join the union in order to get a job"

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