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Fraternal

//fɹəˈtɝnəl// adj, noun

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Adjective

1
Of or pertaining to a brother or brothers.
"By Cognate or Domestic duties, we mean those which grow out of the different family relations; and which may be classed as conjugal, parental, filial, and fraternal."
2
Of or pertaining to a fraternity.
"The changing Afro-American class structure shaped the war and postwar growth of black religious and fraternal organizations in southern West Virginia."
3
Platonic or friendly.
"[…] a delighted shout from the children swung him toward the door again. His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. ¶ "Phil! You! Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow!" recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands."
4
Of twins or embryos, produced from two different eggs and sperm, and genetically distinct.
"Seventy percent of twins are fraternal and result from fertilization of two separate ova by two different sperm."

Adjective

1
like or characteristic of or befitting a brother wordnet
2
(of twins) derived from two separate fertilized ova wordnet
3
of or relating to a fraternity or society of usually men wordnet

Noun

1
A society formed to provide mutual aid, such as insurance.
"Here comes in the importance of the proposed bill for the uniform regulation of fraternals."
2
A fraternal twin.
"Her twins were adorable boy-girl fraternals who wore boy-girl clothes in the same fabric."

Etymology

Etymology 1

PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr Borrowed from Middle French fraternel, from Medieval Latin frāternālis (“fraternal”), from Latin frāternus (“of or pertaining to a brother, fraternal”), from frāter (“brother”).

Etymology 2

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