brotherhood
/ˈbɹʌðɚˌhʊd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An association of people for any purpose, such as a society of monks; a fraternity.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
All the people engaged in the same business, especially those of the same profession
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "brotherdom"
- ""Read lips: Without gas or without you? Without you. Without light or without you? Without you. Without water or without you? Without you. Without food or without you? Without you. "Cold, hunger, darkness and thirst are not as terrible and deadly for us as your "friendship and brotherhood.""
- "James formed a kind of brotherhood for ex-pats who were working in Valencia."
- "the legal brotherhood"
- "the medical brotherhood"
- "a brotherhood of venerable trees"
Etymology
From Middle English brotherhod, equivalent to brother + -hood, from earlier brotherhede, alteration (influenced by suffixes in -hood, -head) of Early Middle English brotherrede (“brotherhood, fraternity”), from Old English brōþorrǣden (“brotherhood, fellowship”), equivalent to brother + -red (see brotherred). More at brother, -red. Piecewise doublet of friarhood.
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Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈbɹʌðɚˌhʊd/
- British English: /ˈbɹʌðəˌhʊd/
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Synonyms
Antonyms
irrelationship
non-fraternity