men's clubs
Gentlemen's private societies
Men's clubs are private social organizations where membership is restricted to men.
Historically, these were gathering places for wealthy or influential men to network, dine, and conduct business away from women: He spent his evenings at the men's club on Fifth Avenue.
The term also refers to strip clubs or adult entertainment venues featuring female performers: a seedy men's club on the edge of town.
- cigar loungeEstablishment for tobacco enjoyment
- FreemasonsOldest secular fraternal order
- Knights of ColumbusCatholic fraternal service organization
- ShrinersMasonic charitable fraternity
- old boys' networkInformal elite mutual-aid system
secret handshake · alumni association · old money · smoking room · no girls allowed · sports bar · hunting lodge · fraternal order · medieval guilds · VFW · benevolent society
- organizationsorganization, organizations, company, companies, association
- parish groupsparish councils, altar society, youth ministry, Knights of Columbus, St. Vincent de Paul
men's clubswomen's clubs
Organizations for female members
women's organizations · sororities · garden clubs · Girl Scouts
men's clubspublic houses
Licensed premises selling alcohol
community centers · public spaces · town squares · public parks · civic centers
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