noun
- The kinship relation between a male offspring and the siblings.
- People engaged in a particular occupation.
- usage: "the medical fraternity"
- synonyms: fraternity, sodality
- The feeling that men should treat one another like brothers.
- An organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer.
- usage: "you have to join the union in order to get a job"
- synonyms: union, labor union, trade union, trades union
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