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1. frat
   Also frat
   noun, US college
   
   (A member of) a college fraternity. (1895 —) .
   Punch The only Frank Lloyd Wright building on my campus was a frat. house (1967).
   
   [Abbreviation of 'fraternity'.]
2. frat
   noun
   
   A woman met by fratting; also, = fratting noun. (1945 —) .
   G. Cotterell Then, take my frat I go with, what harm did she ever do? (1949).
   
   [From frat verb.]
3. frat
   verb intr.
   
   Of British and American occupying troops in West Germany after World War II: to establish friendly and esp. sexual relations with German women. (1945 —) .
   M. K. Joseph 'He was fratting, wasn't he?' 'Sure—dark piece, lives up the Ludwigstrasse' (1957). Hence fratting, noun. (1945 —) .
   S. Spender At the messes most of the conversation was about 'fratting' (1946). fratter, noun One who frats. (1949 —) .
   G. Cotterell So he's married....I bet she doesn't know what a shameless old fratter you were (1949).
   
   [Abbreviation of 'fraternize'.]