brotherhood (n.)

  1. the kinship relation between a male offspring and the siblings

  2. people engaged in a particular occupation; the medical fraternity

    [ Syn: fraternity , sodality ]

  3. the feeling that men should treat one another like brothers

  4. an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; you have to join the union in order to get a job

    [ Syn: union , labor union , trade union , trades union ]

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