brotherhood
brotherhood is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.An association for any purpose, as a society of monks; a fraternity.
- 2.The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, -- especially those of the same profession; as, the legal or medical brotherhood.
- 3.Persons, and, poetically, things, of a like kind. A brotherhood of venerable trees. Wordsworth.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is brotherhood.
- What is an association for any purpose, as a society of monks; a fraternity called?
- What is the whole body of persons engaged in the same business, -- especially those of the same profession; as, the legal or medical brotherhood called?
- What is persons, and, poetically, things, of a like kind. A brotherhood of venerable trees. Wordsworth called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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