brotherhood

(brŭTH'ər-hʊd')
n.

1. The state or relationship of being brothers.
2. Fellowship.
3. An association of men, such as a fraternity or union, united for common purposes.
4. All the members of a profession or trade.

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n

Definition: group or organization acting as brothers
Antonyms: sisterhood

IN BRIEF: A group of persons with the same profession, religion, or background.

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. — Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)

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Quotes:

"Brotherhood is not just a Bible word. Out of comradeship can come and will come the happy life for all." - Heywood Broun

"There is always a chance that he who sets himself up as his brother's keeper will end up by being his jail-keeper." - Eric Hoffer

"Speak not too well of one who scarce will know himself transfigured in its roseate glow; Say kindly of him what is, chiefly, true, remembering always he belongs to you; Deal with him as a truant, if you will, But claim him, keep him, call him brother still!" - Oliver Wendell Holmes

"The brotherhood of men does not imply their equality. Families have their fools and their men of genius, their black sheep and their saints, their worldly successes and their worldly failures. A man should treat his brothers lovingly and with justice, according to the deserts of each. But the deserts of every brother are not the same." - Aldous Huxley

"We live in a world that has narrowed into a neighborhood before it has broadened into a brotherhood." - Lyndon B. Johnson

"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools." - King Jr. Martin Luther

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• Railroad Personnel - brotherhood: railroad workers’ union, esp. one of Big Four: engineers, firemen, conductors, trainmen

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - broderskab

Nederlands (Dutch)
broederschap, vereniging/ maatschappij etc., vakbond (V.S.), saamhorigheid

Français (French)
n. - fraternité, (fig) confraternité, confrérie, (US) corporation, la franc-maçonnerie

Deutsch (German)
n. - Brüderlichkeit, Bruderschaft

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αδελφοσύνη, αδελφότητα, αδελφάτο

Italiano (Italian)
fraternità

Português (Portuguese)
n. - fraternidade (f), irmandade (f)

Русский (Russian)
братство

Español (Spanish)
n. - fraternidad, hermandad

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - brödraskap, samfund

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
手足情谊, 兄弟关系

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 手足情誼, 兄弟關係

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 동기간, 협회, 친한 사이

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 兄弟の間柄, 兄弟愛, 組合, 同業者, 兄弟分

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أخوة, اخاء, رباط الأخوة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אגודה, אחווה‬

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