English-Thai Dictionary

fraternity

N สมาคม  association club fellowship sa-ma-kom

 

fraternity

N สมาคม ของ นักศึกษา ชาย ใน วิทยาลัย หรือ มหาวิทยาลัย  sa-ma-kom-kong-nak-suek-sa-chai-nai-wid-ta-ya-lai-rue-ma-ha-wid-ta-ya-lai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FRATERNITY

n.[L. fraternitas.] 1. The state or quality of a brother; brotherhood.
2. A body of men associated for their common interest or pleasure; a company; a brotherhood; a society; as the fraternity of free masons.
3. Men of the same class, profession, occupation or character.
With what terms of respect knaves and sots will speak of their own fraternity.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FRATERNITY

Fra *ter "ni *ty, n.; pl. Fraternities. Etym: [F. fraternité, L.fraternitas.]

 

1. The state or quality of being fraternal or brotherly; brotherhood.

 

2. A body of men associated for their common interest, business, or pleasure; a company; a brotherhood; a society; in the Roman Catholic Chucrch, an association for special religious purposes, for relieving the sick and destitute, etc.

 

3. Men of the same class, profession, occupation, character, or tastes. With what terms of respect knaves and sots will speak of their own fraternity! South.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

fraternity

fra ter ni ty |frəˈtərnətē frəˈtərnədi | ▶noun ( pl. fraternities ) 1 [ treated as sing. or pl. ] a group of people sharing a common profession or interests: members of the hunting fraternity. • a male students' society in a university or college. • a religious or Masonic society or guild. 2 the state or feeling of friendship and mutual support within a group: the ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French fraternite, from Latin fraternitas, from fraternus (see fraternal ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

fraternity

fraternity |frəˈtəːnɪti | ▶noun ( pl. fraternities ) 1 [ treated as sing. or pl. ] a group of people sharing a common profession or interests: members of the hunting fraternity. • N. Amer. a male students' society in a university or college. • a religious or Masonic society or guild. 2 [ mass noun ] friendship and mutual support within a group: the ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French fraternite, from Latin fraternitas, from fraternus (see fraternal ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

fraternity

fraternity noun 1 a spirit of fraternity: brotherhood, fellowship, kinship, friendship, (mutual ) support, solidarity, community, union, togetherness; sisterhood. 2 the teaching fraternity: profession, body of workers; band, group, set, circle. 3 a college fraternity: society, club, association; group, set.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

fraternity

fraternity noun 1 the meeting engendered a spirit of fraternity: brotherhood, fellowship, kinship, friendship, companionship, support, mutual support, solidarity, community, union, togetherness; sisterhood. 2 the dedicated enthusiasts among the teaching fraternity: profession, body of workers; band, group, set, circle. 3 N. Amer. we belonged to the same college fraternity: society, club, association, guild, lodge, union, organization, alliance, brotherhood; group, set, circle, clique, coterie, clan; sorority, sisterhood; rare sodality, confraternity.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

fraternity

fra ter ni ty /frətə́ː r nəti /名詞 複 -ties 1 〖the ～〗(全 )同業者, (ある職業の )全就労者 ; 同業組合 (｟男女共用 ｠common-interest group )▸ the legal fraternity 法曹界 2 C フラタニティ 〘アメリカの男子大学生の親睦 （ぼく ）クラブ; →sorority 〙.3 U (ある集団の )友情, 連帯感 (｟男女共用 ｠companionship, friendship ).