Definition of "brotherhood" in английский

noun

1. The state of being brothers or a brother (also figuratively).

   • brotherdom

2. An association of people for any purpose, such as a society of monks; a fraternity.

   • James formed a kind of brotherhood for ex-pats who were working in Valencia.

3. All the people engaged in the same business, especially those of the same profession

   • the legal brotherhood
   • the medical brotherhood

4. People, or (poetically) things, of the same kind.