fraternity brother

Pledged house member

A fraternity brother is a fellow member of one's college fraternity—a social organization for male students bound by shared rituals, housing, and lifelong membership.

The term emphasizes the quasi-familial bond: My fraternity brothers flew in for my wedding.

Brothers address each other this way and use the relationship as a networking credential well beyond graduation.

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chapter · initiation · keg · keg stand · frat · frat house · rush · rush week · campus · paddle · letters · handshake · secret handshake · ritual · party · toga party · alumni · toga

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Opposites
gender/greek organization type

fraternity brothersorority sister

Female Greek organization member

sorority girl · sister

affiliation status

fraternity brotherindependent

Free from external control

rushee · dorm resident · outsider

social bonding type

fraternity brotherstranger

Person not yet known

rival · acquaintance

Family

fraternity, brother, fraternal, fraternize, fraternization, brotherhood, brotherly, brothers, brethren

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