fraternity house
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fraternity house
First recorded in 1900–05
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In an interview with CBS, the BBC's US partner, Giuffra argued that his client, aged 20 at the time, was unable to provide consent because she was intoxicated when she arrived at the fraternity house.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
So we looked up the phone number, called the fraternity house and asked for him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025
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
The student left the fraternity house on his own, but later went to a hospital emergency room.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 24, 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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