a local or national organization of male students, primarily for social purposes, usually with secret initiation and rites and a name composed of two or three Greek letters.
a group of persons associated by or as if by ties of brotherhood.
any group or class of persons having common purposes, interests, etc.: the medical fraternity.
an organization of laymen for religious or charitable purposes; sodality.
the quality of being brotherly; brotherhood: liberty, equality, and fraternity.
the relation of a brother or between brothers.
Origin of fraternity
1300–50; Middle English fraternite<Latin frāternitās.See fraternal, -ity
The video went out after the SEC charged another Amazon employee in 2017 with leaking sensitive information a fraternity brother so the pair could make an illegal profit.
Former Amazon manager and her family charged with insider trading|Jeff|September 28, 2020|Fortune
Then fraternities, sororities, and independent living groups joined in to build their living communities.
The Minecraft Institvte of Technology|Tate Ryan-Mosley|August 19, 2020|MIT Technology Review
When the male soccer fraternity banned women from playing in 1921, it effectively quashed the competition.
Should America (and FIFA) Pay Reparations? (Ep. 426)|Stephen J. Dubner|July 16, 2020|Freakonomics
Incredibly enough, another overlooked scope for the Crusader State armies relates to the bevy of urban militias who formed their own fraternities.
History of the Crusades: Origins, Politics, and Crusaders|Dattatreya Mandal|March 23, 2020|Realm of History
And an anonymous junior in a fraternity at Emory University feels similarly.
Fraternities in a Post-UVA World|Samantha Allen|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And how do fraternity members feel about their organizations being on the chopping block?
Fraternities in a Post-UVA World|Samantha Allen|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One male student told me about a teammate in a fraternity who struggled with an eating disorder.
Stepford Sororities: The Pressures of USC’s Greek Life|Maya Richard Craven|November 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
From speaking with USC fraternity brothers, it almost seems worse for the boys.
Stepford Sororities: The Pressures of USC’s Greek Life|Maya Richard Craven|November 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Earlier this year, the fraternity news website Total Frat Move declared Fireball “the most popular shot for college students.”
Europeans Recall Fireball Whiskey Over a Sweetener Also Used in Antifreeze|Tim Mak|October 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
"Dead" means that he has left the fraternity and is trying to live respectably.
Tramping with Tramps|Josiah Flynt
Shorts, Spuddy and Swipes are in disgrace at the fraternity.
Tess of the Storm Country|Grace Miller White
Liberty and fraternity were the two springers of the new arch; its keystone was to be equality.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte|William Milligan Sloane
A certain learned theological bishop of that fraternity, a warm controversialist, long since dead, was of an amorous disposition.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction|Various
He belonged to no fraternity, and except on the athletic field he kept out of all our genial life.
The Harbor|Ernest Poole
British Dictionary definitions for fraternity
fraternity
/ (frəˈtɜːnɪtɪ) /
nounplural-ties
a body of people united in interests, aims, etcthe teaching fraternity Gender-neutral form: community
brotherhood
US and Canadiana secret society joined by male students, usually functioning as a social club