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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Banning fraternities or pushing them off campus would only re-create the same problems elsewhere, Miltenberg argued.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
“What happens inside a fraternity party is really just a microcosm of what happens elsewhere on campus,” he said, insisting fraternities were “not a portal to Sodom and Gomorrah.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Drive fraternities underground and parents and students lose every signal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
The failure in the Cornell case lies with members who misconstrue the values that make fraternities great, not the students at thousands of fraternity chapters across the country who uphold them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
My sister spent the next ten minutes denouncing the Greek system of sororities and fraternities.
From "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky
