fraternity

fraternity
noun
1)

the teaching/medical/legal fraternity — die Lehrer-/Ärzte-/Juristenzunft; die Zunft der Lehrer/Ärzte/Juristen

2) (Amer. Univ.) [studentische] Verbindung
3) no pl. (brotherliness) Brüderlichkeit, die
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plural - fraternities; noun
1) (a company of people who regard each other as equals, eg monks.) die Bruderschaft
2) (a company of people with the same interest, job etc: the banking fraternity.) die Gemeinschaft
3) ((American) a society of male students in various universities.)
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fra·ter·nity
[frəˈtɜ:nəti, AM -ˈtɜ:rnət̬i]
n
1. no pl (feeling) Brüderlichkeit f
liberty, equality, \fraternity Freiheit, Gleichheit, Brüderlichkeit
2. + sing/pl vb (group of people) Vereinigung f, Zunft f hum fam
the criminal/legal/medical \fraternity die Kriminellen pl/Juristen pl/Ärzteschaft f
3. + sing/pl vb AM UNIV (of male students) Burschenschaft f
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[frə'tɜːnItɪ]
n
1) no pl Brüderlichkeit f
2) (= community) Vereinigung f, Zunft f; (ECCL) Bruderschaft f; (US UNIV) Verbindung f

the legal/medical/teaching fraternity — die Juristen pl/Mediziner pl/Lehrer pl

the hunting/sailing fraternity — die Jagd-/Segelfans pl

the criminal fraternity — die Kriminellen pl, die Unterwelt

See:
→ also academic.ru/68931/sorority">sorority
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fraternity [frəˈtɜːnətı; US -ˈtɜr-] s
1. Brüderlichkeit f
2. Vereinigung f, Zunft f, Gilde f:
the angling fraternity die Zunft der Angler;
the legal fraternity die Juristen pl;
the medical fraternity die Ärzteschaft
3. (geistliche oder weltliche) Bruderschaft, Orden m: → rosary 2
4. UNIV US Studentenverbindung f
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noun
1)

the teaching/medical/legal fraternity — die Lehrer-/Ärzte-/Juristenzunft; die Zunft der Lehrer/Ärzte/Juristen

2) (Amer. Univ.) [studentische] Verbindung
3) no pl. (brotherliness) Brüderlichkeit, die
* * *
n.
Bruderschaft f.
Brüderlichkeit f.
Brüderschaft f.
Burschenschaft f.

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