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A group of persons with the same profession, religion, or background. Also: A feeling of friendship between people.

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  • I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of...
  • JR Ward, because the brotherhood is a hoot (though not intentionally).
  • "Equal to that, I am privileged to belong to what I call the brotherhood of veterans," he said.
  • Agreed, the competition in that brotherhood is not intense.
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