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brotherhood

Definition

  • noun: feelings of friendship, support, and understanding between people
  • noun: the quality or state of being 'brothers'
  • often used in the names of labor unions
  • synonyms: fellowship, association, sodality

Examples

  • the International 'Brotherhood' of Electrical Workers

  • the 'brotherhood' of humankind

  • the musical 'brotherhood'

Movie quotes

  • (..) across the landscape... ...and I saw all the Dwarves lined up, and Martin and-- The Hobbit. Couldn't help but feel there was kind of a brotherhood. That is something that will live with me for a long time because that was us. There was the Hobbit, there was the Dwarves together. (..)
    2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey