fraternity
noun
a local or national organization of male students, primarily for social purposes, usually with secret initiation and rites and a name composed of two or three Greek letters.
fraternities
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pluralof fraternity.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Colleges and universities are constantly kicking fraternities off campus for bad behavior, sometimes suspending them and sometimes expelling them permanently.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Most national sororities ban the hosting of parties in sorority houses, which only increases the power that fraternities can have over campus social life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The other barrier to abolishing fraternities is their popularity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Since banning them has thus far proven unpopular and ineffective, the question seems to be: Can fraternities be reformed?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Irish American through and through, Day had grown up just north of the Washington campus, in the area where the fraternities were located.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
