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  1. 1. n. The state of being brothers or a brother. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. An association for any purpose, as a society of monks; a fraternity. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, -- especially those of the same profession; as, the legal or medical brotherhood. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. Persons, and, poetically, things, of a like kind. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. the kinship relation between a male offspring and the siblings Source: wordnet
  6. 6. n. people engaged in a particular occupation Source: wordnet
  7. 7. n. the feeling that men should treat one another like brothers Source: wordnet
  8. 8. n. an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer Source: wordnet
  9. 9. 1. The state of being brothers or a brother. 2. An association for any purpose, as a society of monks; a fraternity. 3. The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, -- especially those of the same profession; as, the legal or medical brotherhood. 4. Persons, and, poetically, things, of a like kind. A brotherhood of venerable trees. Wordsworth. Syn. -- Fraternity; association; fellowship; sodality. Source: webster
  10. 10. n:100 n. the kinship relation between a male offspring and the siblings n. people engaged in a particular occupation n. the feeling that men should treat one another like brothers Source: ecdict

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