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A female forebear or ancestor; a predecessoress.
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(politics) A corrupt, autocratic ruler.
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Title of respect for an adult male member of a religious or fraternal order.
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An association or people for any purpose, such as a society of monks; a fraternity.
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a butler.
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A form of Freemasonry that allows women, as well as men, to be members.
adj
Of or pertaining to a confraternity
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(countable) A religious fraternity or brotherhood.
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Mutual fraternization (as brethren)
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brotherhood, association
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A group of women; a religious sorority or sisterhood.
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An older member, usually a leader, of some community.
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A form of social structure in which the needs of the family as a group are more important than the needs of any individual family member.
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(religion, historical) A member of the Family of Love religious group in 16th-century England.
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(rare) Someone who strongly supports family values; someone who holds the nuclear family to be the essential ethical and moral unit of society.
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The founder of a discipline or science.
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A man considered the driving force behind the establishment of a country, state, or nation.
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Abbreviation of Father, a title given to priests. [(Christianity) God, the father of Creation]
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Alternative form of fratority [(US) A social organization of students at a college or university, like a fraternity or sorority but accepting members of both sexes.]
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Shortened form of fraternity, college organization. (Often used as a noun modifier.)
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(US) A member of a fraternity in a college or university
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(slang) Literature perceived to appeal to, or be marketed at, young men or bros, typically concerning violence, adventure, war, and military themes.
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Alternative spelling of frater house. [Synonym of fratery.]
adj
Of or pertaining to a fraternity.
n
A member of a fraternal organization.
adj
Relating to fraternalism
v
(transitive) To make fraternal or brotherly; to rid of conflict; to unite.
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(obsolete) fraternization
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The quality of being brothers or brotherly; brotherhood.
adj
(rare) That can be fraternized with.
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The act of fraternizing or uniting as brothers.
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(US) A social organization of students at a college or university, like a fraternity or sorority but accepting members of both sexes.
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Alternative form of fratery [A frater house; an apartment in a convent used as a dining room.]
adj
Of or relating to a genitor.
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A spirit presiding over or guarding a family or household.
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The state of being a goddess; goddess-ship.
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The role or status of a godmother.
adj
(US) Of or relating to a fraternity, sorority, or honor society.
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A supporter of maternalism.
adj
Governed by females, rather than by males.
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The position of a matriarch.
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A proponent or supporter of matriarchy.
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The dominance of women in social or cultural systems.
adj
Upper class and matriarchal
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A member of a secret order or fraternity established for mutual aid and social enjoyment.
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a parent.
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A man who is the head of a household, family or tribe.
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of, pertaining to, characteristic of or practicing paternalism
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(historical) The legal power and rights of a Roman father over his children and descendants by virtue of his paternity.
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The male head of a household or nuclear family.
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(very rare) The study of orders, fraternity, and award items.
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In favour of the traditional social construct of the family.
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a senior.
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A female member of a religious order; especially one devoted to more active service; (informal) a nun.
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(US historical) A women's club; a society to further the educational and social activities of women.
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a stateswoman.
adj
(mythology) Alternative form of vestal (Pertaining to the goddess Vesta) [Of or pertaining to Vesta, the virgin goddess of the hearth.]
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