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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
fraternal \frater"nal\, a.f. fraternel, ll. fraternalis, fr.
l. fraternus, fr. frater brother. see brother.
of, pertaining to, or involving, brethren; becoming to
brothers; brotherly; as, fraternal affection; a fraternal
embrace. -- frater"nally, adv.
1913 webster
an abhorred, a cursed, a fraternal war. --milton.
1913 webster
fraternal love and friendship. --addison.
1913 webster
see also:
brother frater"nally
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
fraternal
adj 1: of or relating to a fraternity or society of usually men; "a
fraternal order"
2: of twins derived from two separate fertilized ova;
"fraternal twins are biovular" syn: biovular ant: identical
3: like or characteristic of or befitting a brother; "brotherly
feelings"; "close fraternal ties" syn: brotherly, brotherlike
ant: sisterly
see also:
biovular identical brotherly brotherlike sisterly
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
50 moby thesaurus words for "fraternal":
christian, christlike, christly, affectionate, agreeable, amiable,
amicable, benign, benignant, brotherly, compassionate, congenial,
decent, favorable, friendlike, friendly, good, gracious,
harmonious, human, humane, idealistic, intellectual, kind,
kindhearted, kindly, kindly-disposed, loving, neighborlike,
neighborly, nice, peaceable, pleasant, simpatico, sisterly,
sociable, softhearted, sympathetic, sympathique, sympathizing,
tender, tenderhearted, unhostile, warm, warmhearted, well-affected,
well-disposed, well-intentioned, well-meaning, well-meant
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