brotherhood

broth·er·hood  (brr-hd)

n.

1. The state or relationship of being brothers.

2. Fellowship.

3. An association of men, such as a fraternity or union, united for common purposes.

4. All the members of a profession or trade.

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brotherhood [ˈbrʌðəˌhʊd]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Genetics) the state of being related as a brother or brothers

2. an association or fellowship, such as a trade union

3. (Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) all persons engaged in a particular profession, trade, etc

4. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) the belief, feeling, or hope that all men should regard and treat one another as brothers

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Brotherhood an association or guild; a profession, person, or things of like kind or interest; a fellowship. See also fraternity.

Examples: brotherhood of blood, 1860; of lofty elms, 1814; of monks and friars, 1528; of mountains, 1843; of the sons of God, 1526.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	brotherhood - the kinship relation between a male offspring and the siblings family relationship, kinship, relationship - (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
	2.	brotherhood - people engaged in a particular occupation; "the medical fraternity" sodality, fraternity social class, socio-economic class, stratum, class - people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class" brother - a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group); "none of his brothers would betray him" sodalist - a member of a sodality
	3.	brotherhood - the feeling that men should treat one another like brothers friendliness - a feeling of liking for another person; enjoyment in their company
	4.	brotherhood - an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job" labor union, trade union, trades union, union organization, organisation - a group of people who work together industrial union, vertical union - a labor union that admits all workers in a given industry irrespective of their craft craft union - a labor union whose membership is restricted to workers in a particular craft company union - a union of workers for a single company; a union not affiliated with a larger union labor movement, trade union movement, labor - an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement I.W.W., Industrial Workers of the World, IWW - a former international labor union and radical labor movement in the United States; founded in Chicago in 1905 and dedicated to the overthrow of capitalism; its membership declined after World War I

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brotherhood

noun

1. fellowship, kinship, companionship, comradeship, friendliness, camaraderie, brotherliness He believed in socialism and the brotherhood of man.

2. association, order, union, community, society, league, alliance, clan, guild, fraternity, clique, coterie a secret international brotherhood

Translations

brotherhood [ˈbrʌðəhʊd] N

1. → fraternidad f
the brotherhood of man → la fraternidad humana

2. (= group) → hermandad f

brotherhood [ˈbrʌðə^rhʊd] n → fraternité f
brother-in-law [ˈbrʌðə^rɪnlɔː] n → beau-frère m

brotherhood [ˈbrʌðəˌhʊd] n → fratellanza, fraternità; (group) → confraternita