Fraternal

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  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Of or relating to brothers.
  • adjective. Showing comradeship; brotherly.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Of or constituting a fraternity.
  • adjective. Of or constituting a mendicant order such as the Dominicans or Franciscans.
  • adjective. Of, relating to, or being a twin developed from two separately fertilized ova; dizygotic.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Brotherly; pertaining to brethren; proceeding from or becoming to brothers: as, fraternal interest; a fraternal embrace.
  • Synonyms Brotherly, Fraternal. See brotherly.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Of, pertaining to, or involving, brethren; becoming to brothers; brotherly
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of brothers (fraternal twins).
  • adjective. Related through a brother (fraternal nephew).
  • adjective. In need of a brother or sister or friend.
  • adjective. Like brothers (fraternal cousins).
  • adjective. Brotherly, befitting or of a brother or brothers.
  • adjective. Friendly or brotherly (e.g. fraternal relations between socialist parties in different countries).
  • adjective. Being or of a society of men linked in brotherly union (fraternal society).
  • adjective. platonic (as fraternal love - brotherly love).
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. like or characteristic of or befitting a brother
  • adjective. of or relating to a fraternity or society of usually men
  • adjective. (of twins) derived from two separate fertilized ova
  • Word Usage
    "The crux of that concept was, Churchill said, what he called the fraternal association of the English-speaking peoples."
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