frat

‖ n. [ L., a brother. ] (Eccl.) A monk; also, a frater house. [ R. ] Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Frater house, an apartament in a convent used as an eating room; a refectory; -- called also a fratery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of sea birds, one of the genera of puffins.
Syn. -- genus Fratercula. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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. -- Fra*ter"nal*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

An abhorred, a cursed, a fraternal war. Milton. [1913 Webster]

Fraternal love and friendship. Addison. [1913 Webster]

v. i. To fraternize; to hold fellowship. Jefferson.

{ , n. Fraternization. [ R. ] Jefferson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Fraternities [ F. fraternité, L. fraternitas. ] 1. The state or quality of being fraternal or brotherly; brotherhood. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A body of men associated for their common interest, business, or pleasure; a company; a brotherhood; a society; in the Roman Catholic Church, an association for special religious purposes, for relieving the sick and destitute, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Men of the same class, profession, occupation, character, or tastes. [ 1913 Webster ]

With what terms of respect knaves and sots will speak of their own fraternity! South. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A social club for male college undergraduates. They often have secret initiation rites, and are named by the use of two or three Greek letters. The corresponding association for women students is called a sorority.
Syn. -- frat. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. The act of fraternizing or uniting as brothers. [ 1913 Webster ]

I hope that no French fraternization . . . could so change the hearts of Englishmen. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Fraternized p. pr. & vb. n.. Fraternizing ] [ Cf. F. fraterniser. ] To associate or hold fellowship as brothers, or as men of like occupation or character; to have brotherly feelings. [ 1913 Webster ]