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fraternal

Pronunciation: /frəˈtəːn(ə)l/
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Definition of fraternal

adjective

  • 1of or like a brother or brothers:his lack of fraternal feeling shocked me
  • of or denoting an organization for people, especially men, that have common interests or beliefs: a network of political clubs and fraternal organizations
  • 2(of twins) developed from separate ova and therefore genetically distinct and not necessarily of the same sex or more similar than other siblings. Compare with identical (sense 1).

Derivatives

fraternalism

noun

fraternally

adverb

Origin:

late Middle English: from medieval Latin fraternalis, from Latin fraternus, from frater 'brother'

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