fraternity house
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fraternity house
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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At the University of Miami, inside the columned fraternity house of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, one brother had some valuable information.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
The fraternity house I lived in was a mere block from the Northridge Meadows, the apartment building that pancaked along Reseda Boulevard, killing 16.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2024
In Iowa over the summer, he doled out Blizzard ice cream treats to customers at a Dairy Queen and hung out at a fraternity house while tossing footballs into the crowd.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 1, 2023
He described playing “lots of board games” when he lived in an alcohol-free, “nerdy” fraternity house at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he graduated with a physics degree in 2014.
From Reuters • Oct. 30, 2023
Two hours later, I was standing in a fraternity house in Central Campus wondering why I had agreed to come out.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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