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Brotherhood

Definitions: Brotherhood

Brotherhood

Noun

1. The kinship relation between a male offspring and the siblings.

2. People engaged in a particular occupation; "the medical fraternity".

3. The feeling that men should treat one another like brothers.

4. An organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "brotherhood" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Note: Brotherhood \Broth"er*hood\, noun. [Brother -hood.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonyms: Brotherhood

Synonyms: fraternity (n), labor union (n), sodality (n), trade union (n), trades union (n), union (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Brotherhood

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Assemblage

Clan, brotherhood, fraternity, sorority, association; (party).

Consanguinity

Family, fraternity; brotherhood, sisterhood, cousinhood. race, stock, generation; sept; stirps, side; strain; breed, clan, tribe, nation.

Friendship

Phrase: amicitia semper prodest; " a mystic bond of brotherhood makes all men one "; " friendship is love without either flowers or veil "; trulgus amicitias utilitate probat.

Noun: friendship, amity; friendliness; Adjective: brotherhood, fraternity, sodality, confraternity; harmony; (concord); peace.

Party

Community, body, fellowship, sodality, solidarity; confraternity; familistere, familistery; brotherhood, sisterhood.

Similarity

Connaturalness, connaturality; brotherhood, family likeness.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Brotherhood

English words defined with "brotherhood": blood brotherhoodConfraternity-hoodSynomocy. (references)
Specialty definitions using "brotherhood": BeghardsCoenobiteFeniansI.R.BPISCINARIANSrich. (references)

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Modern Usage: Brotherhood

DomainUsage

Screenplays

I'm calling the Organization of the United Brotherhood of It's-None-of-Your-Damn-Business, Lewis. (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin.)

You're part of a brotherhood. (Full Metal Jacket; writing credit: Gustav Hasford, Michael Herr, Stanley Kubrick)

He doesn't even call it skating, he calls it the brotherhood of the wheel. (Malcolm in the Middle; writing credit: Daniel Frenette)

I don't like it here, I mean, the people, there is no brotherhood between them. (First Blood; writing credit: David Morrell; Michael Kozoll)

Lyrics

But during National Brotherhood Week, National Brotherhood Week, (National Brotherhood Week; performing artist: Tom Lehrer)

Brotherhood of man (What's up; performing artist: 4 Non Blondes)

A brotherhood of man ("Imagine"; performing artist: John Lennon)

Movie/TV Titles

The Brotherhood of Satan (1971)

Brotherhood of Man (1945)

The Blood Brotherhood (1913)

Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel (2001)

Brotherhood of Justice (1986)

Song Titles

National Brotherhood Week (performing artist: Tom Lehrer)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Brotherhood

DomainTitle

Books

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Brotherhood of the Wolf (reference)

  • New York Firefighters: The Brotherhood of 9/11 (reference)

  • The Brotherhood / The Brotherhood 2 - Young Warlocks (reference)

  • Brotherhood of Murder (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Brotherhood

Computer Images:
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Photo Album: Brotherhood

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Ashley Totten, union official for the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, an unidentified man, Asa Philip Randolph, and Maida Springer-Kemp, union official for International Packing House workers] / A. Hansen Studio, New York, N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress.

Mr. Asa Philip Randolph, President of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, with officers and organizers of the Railway Workers Union at their Union Headquarters in Rangoon. Credit: Library of Congress.

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Bldg., Cleveland, O[hio]. Credit: Library of Congress.

West Chicago, Illinois. At a meeting of the Albert Keep Lodge Number 364 of the International Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, Northwestern Railroad Local. The lodge has been organized since 1890 and has 150 members on the records. Four hundred dollars we. Credit: Library of Congress.

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building. Exterior view of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building. Credit: Library of Congress.

Twentieth Annual Convention of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, Chicago, Ill., Sept. [...]. Credit: Library of Congress.

7th annual conv., Int'. Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chaffeurs [sic], Stablemen & Helpers, Peoria, Ill., Aug. 5, '10. Credit: Library of Congress.

-- America, America, God shed his Grace on thee and crown thy good with brotherhood --. Credit: Library of Congress.

We want brotherhood now! : make your commitment to brotherhood today. Credit: Library of Congress.

Del respeto proviene la hermandad! Brotherhood begins with respect!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Brotherhood

AuthorQuotation

C.l. Thompson

The sixteenth century said, "Responsibility to God." -- The present nineteenth says, "The brotherhood of man."

Calvin Coolidge

Our doctrine of equality, liberty and humanity comes from our belief in the brotherhood of man, through the fatherhood of God.

Edwin Markham

The crest and crowning of all good, life's final star, is Brotherhood.

Feodor Dostoevski

Until you have become really in actual fact a brother of everyone, brotherhood will not come to pass. Only by brotherhood will liberty be saved.

Max Lerner

You may call for peace as loudly as you wish, but where there is no brotherhood there can in the end be no peace.

Oscar Wilde

The brotherhood of man is not a mere poet's dream: it is a most depressing and humiliating reality.

Thomas Carlyle

The mystic bond of brotherhood makes all men one.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Brotherhood

AuthorDateQuotation

Winston S. Churchill

1946

Ultimately, when the essential brotherhood of man is truly embodied and expressed in a world organization with all the necessary practical safeguards to make it effective, these powers would naturally be confided to that world organization. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

United Nations

1948

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. (reference)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

1963

Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1927)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Brotherhood

TitleAuthorQuote

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

It had stupefied all blessed impulses, and awakened into vivid life the whole brotherhood of bad ones.

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

Meantime, this deep disgrace in brotherhood Touches me deeper than you can imagine.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Brotherhood

SubjectTopicQuote

Civil Liberties

Egypt

The Committee justified its decision by citing an internal leadership dispute and alliance with the banned Muslim Brotherhood. (references)

Senegal

In September the Minister of the Interior (MOI) halted the screening of a Karmen Gei, a film version of the classic opera Carmen, following a day-long sit-in protest by members of the Mouride Islamic brotherhood, who criticized the film as blasphemous. (references)

Turkey

In November an Istanbul NGO hosted an Iftaar dinner attended by the head of the Diyanet, the Armenian and Greek Orthodox Patriarchs, the Chief Rabbi, and the heads of the Syrian Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Bulgarian, Anglican and other Protestant churches, with the theme of brotherhood and tolerance. (references)

Economic History

Egypt

Members of the Brotherhood have been elected to the People's Assembly and local councils as independents. (references)

Syria

From 1976 until its suppression in 1982, the arch-conservative Muslim Brotherhood led an armed insurgency against the regime. (references)

Ireland

A decade later, in 1858, the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB--also known as the Fenians) was founded as a secret society dedicated to armed rebellion against the British. (references)

Human Rights

Syria

Most of those arrested during crackdowns in the 1980's, in response to violent attacks by the Muslim Brotherhood, have been released; however, some may remain in prolonged detention without charge. (references)

Jordan

Included in the October detentions were at least 10 students from Jordan University, 15 members of the Muslim Brotherhood and its political arm, the Islamic Action Front, and members of extremist groups. (references)

Egypt

On November 11, President Mubarak issued a decree referring 22 civilians accused of membership in the Muslim Brotherhood and inciting student demonstrations to trial in a military court; their trial began on December 24, and was ongoing at year's end. (references)

Political Economy

Jordan

This included the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamic Action Front, which is the largest political party in Jordan. (references)

Egypt

Due to court-ordered supervision by the judiciary of the voting and vote-counting, the process was fairer and more transparent than past parliamentary elections; however, there were significant problems, including the arrests of thousands of members of the Muslim Brotherhood in the months before the elections. (references)

Kuwait

Among the more significant groups are: the Democratic Forum, a liberal Arab nationalist group; the Islamic Constitutional Movement, a Sunni Muslim group drawing its inspiration from the Muslim Brotherhood; the Salafi movement and the 'scientific' Salafis, Islamic groups that advocate social reforms similar to Wahabbism; the Popular Action Bloc of tribal traditionalists; and a loose grouping of Shia. (references)

Political Rights

Egypt

There were also reports of voter harassment by security forces in jurisdictions in which the Muslim Brotherhood was expected to do well. (references)

Egypt

During the months preceding the elections, the Government arrested thousands of members of the Muslim Brotherhood on charges of belonging to an illegal organization. (references)

Egypt

Muslim Brotherhood members are known as such publicly and openly speak their views, although they do not explicitly identify themselves as members of the organization. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

RICH, adj. Holding in trust and subject to an accounting the property of the indolent, the incompetent, the unthrifty, the envious and the luckless. That is the view that prevails in the underworld, where the Brotherhood of Man finds its most logical development and candid advocacy. To denizens of the midworld the word means good and wise.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Brotherhood

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Warren G. Harding

1921-1923America is ready to encourage, eager to initiate, anxious to participate in any seemly program likely to lessen the probability of war, and promote that brotherhood of mankind which must be God's highest conception of human relationship.

Calvin Coolidge

1923-1929The physical configuration of the earth has separated us from all of the Old World, but the common brotherhood of man, the highest law of all our being, has united us by inseparable bonds with all humanity.

Gerald Ford

1974-1977May our third century be illuminated by liberty and blessed with brotherhood, so that we and all who come after us may be the humble servants of thy peace.

George W. Bush

2001-2005In the sacrifice of soldiers, the fierce brotherhood of firefighters, and the bravery and generosity of ordinary citizens, we have glimpsed what a new culture of responsibility could look like.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Brotherhood

"Brotherhood" is generally used as a noun (common) -- approximately 58.54% of the time. "Brotherhood" is used about 287 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (common)58.54%16824,050
Noun (singular)41.46%11929,501
                    Total100.00%287N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Brotherhood

Expressions using "brotherhood": blood brotherhood swear brotherhood sworn brotherhood unite in brotherhood. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "brotherhood": blood-brotherhood, Order-brotherhood.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Brotherhood

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

brotherhood of the wolf

221

brotherhood of man

16

brotherhood

139

brotherhood in islam

15

international brotherhood of electrical worker

102

brotherhood evil mutants

15

aryan brotherhood

95

christian brotherhood

15

lutheran brotherhood

91

bank brotherhood trust

15

united brotherhood of carpenter

57

brotherhood light

13

international brotherhood of teamsters

46

brotherhood mutants

13

bank brotherhood

45

bat brotherhood

13

brotherhood winery

40

brotherhood symbol

12

the great white brotherhood

36

brotherhood of rose

12

international brotherhood of magician

30

brotherhood quote

12

brotherhood of locomotive engineer

29

the international brotherhood of boilermakers

12

fallout brotherhood of steel

24

brotherhood catfisherman

12

white brotherhood

23

brotherhood mutual

12

brotherhood of steel

21

christian brotherhood newsletter

11

muslim brotherhood

21

brotherhood cd fallout no steel tactic

11

fallout tactic brotherhood of steel

20

blade brotherhood

11

out about the united brotherhood of carpenter and joiner of america

19

brotherhood credit union

10

arian brotherhood

18

brotherhood of the wolf movie

9

brotherhood culture islamic sign

17

brotherhood evolution man x

9
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Brotherhood

Language Translations for "brotherhood"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

vëllazëri (communion, fellowship, fraternity, phratry). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏منظمة (collective, community, organism, organization), ‏نقابة (corporation, guild, order, organization, syndicate), ‏طائفة (church, communion, confession, congregation, denomination, fellowship, persuasion, religion, sect, sodality), ‏الأخوة, ‏إخاء (fraternity), ‏أخوية (fraternity, order), ‏أخوة (fraternity), ‏أبناء المهنة الواحدة. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

фратрия (phratry), колегия (college, staff), гилда (craft, guild, mystery), братство (fraternity, guild, sodality), професионален съюз (trade union, union). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

团" (bloc). (various references)

   

Czech

  

bratrstvo (fraternity), bratrství (fraternity). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

انجمن برادری واخوت , برادری . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

veljeys (brotherliness, fraternity), veljeskunta (fraternity, order). (various references)

   

French

  

syndicat, professionnels, fraternité (whole brother), confraternité, confrérie, association. (various references)

   

German

  

Bruderschaft (fraternity), Brüderschaft (fraternity). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αδελφότητα (fellow ship, fellowship, fraternity, sisterhood, sodality), αδελφοσύνη (brotherliness, fraternity). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

אחו" (comradeship, fellowship, fraternity, guild). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

testvériség (fraternity), társulat (association, company, sodality), szaktestület. (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

persaudaraan (brotherly, fraternity). (various references)

   

Italian

  

fratellanza (brotherliness, fraternity). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

八紘一宇 (all eight corners of the world under one roof, universal brotherhood), 四海同胞 (universal brotherhood), 一視同人 (impartiality, universal benevolence, universal brotherhood), 一視同仁 (impartiality, universal benevolence, universal brotherhood). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

しかいどうほう (universal brotherhood), いっしどうじ" (impartiality, universal benevolence, universal brotherhood), はっ"ういちう (all eight corners of the world under one roof, universal brotherhood). (various references)

   

Manx

  

braarys. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otherhoodbray

   

Portuguese

  

laços (cord, toils), irmandade (fraternity, sisterhood, sodality), fraternidade (fraternity), confraria (fraternity, friary, sisterhood, sodality). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

breaslã (commonalty, corporation, craft, guild, mystery, trade), tagmã (set), fraternitate (fraternity), frãţie (brotherliness, confraternity, fellowship, fraternity). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

братство (confraternity, fellowship, fraternity, freemasonry, sodality). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

bratstvo (fraternity, sept, sodality), društvo (association, bevy, club, company, set, society). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

gremio (body, chapel, guild, trade union, union), fraternidad (fraternity, sodality), cofradía (guild). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

broderskap (fraternity), brödraskap (confraternity, fellowship). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

birlik (alliance, body, coalescence, collaboration, combination, combine, communion, company, confederacy, confederation, conference, contingent, corps, ensemble, establishment, fellowship, force, fraternity, gild, guild, league, legion, oneness, outfit, pool, posse, solidarity, troop, unanimity, union, unit, unity), kardeşlik (fraternal, fraternity, sisterhood, sorority). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

doganlyk. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

співдружність (commonwealth, cooperation, family, sociality), братерство (fraternity, sodality), побратими. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

tình anh em nhóm người cùng chí hướng. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

brawdoliaeth (fraternity). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Brotherhood

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

contubernia, contubernium, fraternitatem, fraternitati, fraternitatis. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Brotherhood

LanguageDateSource1 Peter Chapter 2, Verse 17
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintPantaV timhsate thn adelfothta agapate ton qeon fobeisqe ton basilea timate
Latin405VulgateOmnes honorate fraternitatem diligite Deum timete regem honorificate
Middle English1395WyclifOnoure ye alle men, loue ye brithirhod, drede ye God, onoure ye the king.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleHonoure all men. Love brotherly felishippe. Feare god and honour the kynge.
Jacobean English1611King JamesHonour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
Victorian English1833WebsterHonor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
Basic English1964OgdenHave respect for all, loving the brothers, fearing God, honouring the king.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Brotherhood

Language1 Peter Chapter 2, Verse 17
CebuanoTahura ninyo ang tanang tawo. Higugmaa ninyo ang kaigsoonan. Kahadloki ninyo ang Dios. Pasidunggi ninyo ang emperador.
Chinese務 要 尊 敬 眾 人 . 親 愛 教 中 的 弟 兄 . 敬 畏   神 . 尊 敬 君 王 。
Croatiansve poštujte, bratstvo ljubite, Boga se bojte, kralja èastite!
DanishÆrer alle, elsker Broderskabet, frygter Gud, ærer Kongen!
DutchEert een iegelijk; hebt de broederschap lief; vreest God; eert den koning.
FinnishKunnioittakaa kaikkia, rakastakaa veljiä, peljätkää Jumalaa, kunnioittakaa kuningasta.
FrenchHonorez tout le monde; aimez les frères; craignez Dieu; honorez le roi.
GermanTut Ehre jedermann, habt die Brüder lieb; fürchtet Gott, ehret den König!
Haitian CreoleSe pou nou bay chak moun respè li merite. renmen tout frè nou yo, gen krentif pou Bondye, respekte wa a.
HungarianMindenkit tiszteljetek, az atyafiúságot szeressétek; az Istent féljétek; a királyt tiszteljétek.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariHargailah semua orang, kasihilah saudara-saudaramu sesama Kristen. Takutlah kepada Allah, dan hormatilah Kaisar.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaHormatkanlah sekalian orang. Kasihlah akan segala saudara. Takutilah akan Allah. Hormatkanlah raja.
ItalianOnorate tutti, amate i vostri fratelli, temete Dio, onorate il re.
MaoriWhakahonoretia nga tangata katoa. Arohaina nga teina, nga tuakana. E wehi ki te Atua. Whakahonoretia te kingi.
NorwegianÆr alle, elsk broderskapet, frykt Gud, ær kongen!
PortugueseHonrai a todos. Amai aos irmãos. Temei a Deus. Honrai ao rei.   
ShuarChíkichcha shiir Enentáimtustarum. Yus-shuar ainia nusha aneetarum. Yus pénker asamtai ashamkatarum. Uunt akupin shiir awajsatarum.
SpanishHonrad a todos; amad a los hermanos; temed a Dios; honrad al rey.
SwahiliWaheshimuni watu wote, wapendeni ndugu zenu waumini, mcheni Mungu, mheshimuni mfalme.
UmaSaile' hawe'ea tauna. Poka'ahi' ompi' hampepangalaa' -ta, pengkorui Alata'ala, pai' bila' magau' -ta.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Brotherhood

Derivations

Words beginning with "brotherhood": brotherhoods. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Brotherhood" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bretherhed, bretherhede, rotherhood. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Brotherhood"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "brotherhood" (pronounced bru"therhuh'd)
6-u" th er h uh' dmotherhood.
5-th er h uh' dfatherhood.
4-er h uh' dneighborhood.
3-h uh' dadulthood, babyhood, boyhood, childhood, falsehood, girlhood, knighthood, likelihood, livelihood, manhood, nationhood, parenthood, sainthood, statehood, victimhood, womanhood.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Brotherhood

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-d-e-h-h-o-o-o-r-r-t"

-4 letters: brooder, brother, redroot, theorbo.

-5 letters: booted, border, bother, debtor, dehort, hoboed, hooted, hooter, hotbed, hotrod, reboot, rhetor, rooted, rooter, torero.

 Words containing the letters "b-d-e-h-h-o-o-o-r-r-t"
 

+1 letter: brotherhoods.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Brotherhood


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 72 6F 74 68 65 72 68 6F 6F 64

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-...    .-.    ---    -    ....    .    .-.    ....    ---    ---    -..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01110010 01101111 01110100 01101000 01100101 01110010 01101000 01101111 01101111 01100100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#114 &#111 &#116 &#104 &#101 &#114 &#104 &#111 &#111 &#100

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0072 006F 0074 0068 0065 0072 0068 006F 006F 0064

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3684818674718474818170

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Familiar
9. Quotations: Historic
10. Quotations: Fiction
11. Quotations: Non-fiction
12. Quotations: Speeches
13. Usage Frequency
14. Expressions
15. Expressions: Internet
16. Translations: Modern
17. Translations: Ancient
18. Bible Trace
19. Derivations
20. Rhymes
21. Anagrams
22. Orthography
23. Bibliography


  

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definisie, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, ‏الوضوحية في الشيء, ‏حد, ‏تحديد, ‏تعريف, ‏التحديد, ‏الإيضاحية, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, 定義 , 定义, definice, deskriptordefinition, definitie, määritelmä, définition, ορισμός, "'"ר", "'בל", meghatározás, definíció, definizione, 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, 의, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght, definishon, definição, definiţie, determinare, definire, определение, definicija, definición, definition, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, diffiniad, darnodiad, for definition;
vertaling, transferim, transmetim, ‏ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ‏ترجمة, ‏إفتتان, транслация, огъване, превод, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, превеждане, 翻译, překlad, oversættelse, translatie, taajuusmuutos, translaatio, traduction, oersetting, Übersetzung, μετάφραση, תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק, fordítás, traduzione, 翻訳 , へい"ういどう, やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, トランスレーション , やくじゅつ, ほ"やくしょ, 번역, tradukshon, tradução, translaţie, tãlmãcire, traducere, сдвиг, трансляция, перемещение, перевод, tumačenje, traducción, översättning, tercüme, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích, trosiad, for translation;
Albaans, Albanies, Albaniese taal, shqip, ‏الألبانية, ‏الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, Albanyano, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , albánský, Albanees, albanskt, albanialainen, Albanais, Albaneesk, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, arbnisht, arbërisht, albán, albanskur, albanska, AlbÚinis, albanese, 알"니아, Albaneagh, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, Alapania, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець, for Albanian;
Arabies, arabishte, ‏العربية, ‏عربي, ‏اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, 阿拉伯 , arabský, arabština, arábiskt, arabialainen, arabe, Arabysk, arabisch, αραβικόσ, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, 아라비아, Arabish, arabir, arabic, арабский, Arapi, arapski, árabe, arabisk, าษาหรืออักขระอาหรับ, เกี่ยวกับอาระเบีย, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập, for Arabic;
Bulgaars, Bulgaar, bulgr, ‏البلغارية, ‏بلغاري, Búlgaru, български, български език, българин, Bulgaryan, 保 利亚, bulharský, bulgarer, bulgarskt, bulgarialainen, Bulgaarsk, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bullgar, bolgár, bulgaro, 불가리아, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, Bułgar, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri, for Bulgarian;
Sjinees, Chinees, kinez, ‏الصينية, ‏لغة الصين, ‏صيني, ‏الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, Chinu, китайски, Ininsik, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, kineser, kinesiskt, kinverskur, kiinalainen, Chinois, Sineesk, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, Kínverji, Sínis, cinese, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , 중국, Cina, Sheenish, Sheenagh, Hainamana, chines, Chińczyk, chinês, chinés, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, Saina, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, snesi, sneysi, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць, for Chinese;
Tsjeggies, Tsjeg, çek, ‏تشيكي, ‏اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, ‏التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, Checu, чешки, Sekoslovakyano, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, tjekkiskt, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tsjechysk, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, 체", Sheckagh, Sheckish, Czech, chèc, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка, người Séc tiếng Séc, for Czech;
Farsi, Parsi, persiskt, Fasi, for Farsi;
Fins, finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, ‏اللغة الفنلندية, ‏فنلندية, ‏فنلندي, фински език, фински, Pinlandino, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, finský, finskt, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, פי י, finn, finnskur, finnska, finlandese, 핀란", Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, Finisi, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський, tiếng Phần-lan, for Finnish;
Franse taal, Frans, franceze, francez, frëngjisht, frëng, frëngjishte, ‏فرنسي, ‏اللغة الفرنسية, ‏الشعب الفرنسي, gall, френски език, френски, Pranses, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzština, francouzský, franskur, franskt, ranskalainen, français, Frânsk, französisch, γάλλοσ, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, צרפתי, צרפתית, francia, Fraincis, francese, フレコン化 , フランス" , 仏文 , 仏 , ふつぶ", フレンチ , フランセ , ふつ, "랑스, Perancis, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, frances, franses, francês, francezii, francezã, franţuzesc, franţuzeşte, французский, Falani, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, sí-Fulentji, fransk, franska, fransızca, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransız, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig, isiFulentshi, for French;
Duits, Duitser, Duitse taal, Germaan, gjerman, ‏ضرب من الرقص, ‏جرماني, ‏المانية, ‏الماني, ‏اللغة الألمانية, роден, германски, немски език, немски, немец, готически, германец, 德語 , 德语, 德文 , 德國 , nìmecký, nìmec, tysker, Duitse, týskur, týskt, týskari, saksalainen, Allemand, Dútsk, Deutsche, Deutsch, "ερμανός, gjermanisht, 'רמ י, 'רמ ית, német, þjóðverji, þýskur, GearmÚnach, GearmÚinis, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, todesch, Germaanagh, Garmane, Germaanish, Carmane, aleman, Niemiec, niemiecki, alemão, alemand, neamţ, немецкий, Siamani, germanski, alemán, Tudesku, Doysri, mjeremani, mdachi, sí-Jalimáne, tysk, เยอรมัน, าษาเยอรมัน, Alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr, isiJalimane, iliJalimane, iJalimane, for German;
Grieks, Griek, ‏الإغريقي, ‏يوناني, ‏اللغة اليونانية, Griegu, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, Griyego, 希臘語 , 希腊语, řecký, řeètina, řek, græker, grikst, kreikkalainen, grec, Gryk, Gryksk, Gryks, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, Grikki, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, grèc, greacã, греческий, Eleni, grk, grčki jezik, grčki, griego, grek, Yunanli, yunanlı, yunanca, yunan, Rumca, yunanistan'a ait, rum, грек, гречанка, грецька мова, грецький, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm, kẻ lừa đảo, Groegwr, for Greek;
Jood, Hebreeus, Israeliet, hebraishte, ‏يهودي, ‏عبري, ‏اليهودية, ‏اللغة العبرية, ‏العبرية, Hebréu, иврит, древен жител на юдея, юдейски, израилтянин, евреин, староеврейски, староеврейски език, юдей, 西伯来, 希伯來語 , hebrejský, hebrejka, hebrejec, hebrejština, joods, Hebreeuws, hebraiskt, juutalainen, hébreu, Hebrieusk, hebräisch, hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברית, עברי, zsidó, héber, izraelita, Eabhrais, ebraico, ebreo, ヘブライ語 , ヘブライ", Ewagh, Ew, Ewnish, hudiu, hebraico, hebreu, ebrèu, limba ebraicã, izraelit, evreu, evreiesc, ebraic, еврейский, еврей, древнееврейский, древнееврейский язык, Eperu, hibru, hebreo, dyu, Myahudi, Yahudi, hebreiska, hebreisk, jude, ชาวฮิบรู (ปัจจุบันคือประเทศอิสราเอลและปาเลสไตน์), าษาฮิบรู (ปัจจุบันคือประเทศอิสราเอลและปาเลสไตน์), musevi, ibranice, ibrani, іудей, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, іврит, "врейський, "врей, người Hê-brơ, Hebraeg, Hebreaidd, for Hebrew;
Hongaars, Hongaar, hungarez, ‏الهنغاري, ‏مجري, ‏هنغاري, ‏المجري, ‏اللغة الهنغارية, Húngaru, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, Hungaryan, 匈牙利語 , 匈牙利语, maïarský, maïar, maïarština, ungarer, Hongaarse, ungarskt, unkarilainen, hongrois, Hongaarsk, ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, Węgier, ongrés, ungureşte, ungur, limba maghiarã, unguresc, maghiar, limba ungarã, венгр, венгерский, mađarski, mađar, mađarski jezik, húngaro, ungrare, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорка, угорський, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri, for Hungarian;
Indonesies, indonezian, ‏الماليزي أحد أبناء ماليزيا, ‏اللغة الأندونيسية, Indonesiu, индонезийски език, индонезийски, 印度尼西亚语, 印度尼西亞語 , indonéský, indonéština, indonésan, indoneser, Indonesisch, Indisch, Indonesiër, indonesiskt, indonesialainen, indonésien, Yndonesysk, Indonesier, Ινδονήσιος, indonéz, indonesiano, インドネシア語 , インドネシア", 인도네시아, Indoneesagh, indonésio, indonésia, индонезийский, индонезиец, Indtasisian, indonezijski, indonežanin, indonesio, indones, Indonesyo, endonezya'ya ait, endonezyalı, endonezya dili, endonezya, індонезі"ць, індонезійський, індонезійська мова, індонезійка, người In-ddô-nê-xi-a tiếng In-ddô-nê-xi-a, for Indonesian;
Italianer, Italiaans, Italiaan, ‏شخص إيطالي, ‏اللغة الإيطالية, ‏الإيطالي, ‏إيطالي, Italianu, италиански език, италиански, италианец, Italyano, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italština, italský, ital, italiener, italienskt, italialainen, Italien, Italjaansk, italienisch, Ιταλός, italisht, איטלקי, איטלקית, olasz, Ítali, IodÚilis, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, Włoch, italianã, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, итальянский язык, итальянский, итальянец, Italia, italijanski, italijanski jezik, italijan, sí-Taliyáne, italienare, italiensk, italienska, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, ชาวอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка, for Italian;
gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manský, manština, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, Manninish, Manninagh, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man dili, man adası, менський діалект, менський, for manx;
Portugees, portugez, portugalisht, ‏اللغة البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالي, португалски език, португалски, португалец, Potuges, 葡萄牙语, 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙語 , portugalský, portugiser, portugisiskt, portugalilainen, portugais, Portugeesk, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, Portaingéilis, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, portugues, Portugalczyk, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalski, portugalac, portugués, Mreno, si-Putúkezi, portugis, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, portekizce, португальська мова, португальський, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha, for Portuguese;
Roemeen, rumun, Rumanu, румънски език, румънски, румънец, Romanyan, 罗马尼亚语, rumunský, rumunština, rumæner, Roemeens, rumenskt, romanialainen, roumain, Roemeensk, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, 루마니아, Roomainagh, romeno, romanés, român, румын, румынский, rumunski, rumunski jezik, rumano, rumänsk, румунська мова, румун, румунський, румунка, for Romanian;
Russies, Rus, ‏الروسية, ‏روسي, ‏اللغة الروسية, Rusu, руски, руски език, руснак, Rusyan, 俄語 , 俄语, 俄文 , ruština, ruský, russer, russur, russiskt, venäläinen, Russysk, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, rússneskur, Rússi, Rúisis, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", 러시아, Rooshish, Rooshagh, russisk, Rosjanin, русский, Lusia, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, sí-Rashîya, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga, for Russian;
塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, serbokroatisch, 세르보크로아티아, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk, เกี่ยวกับ าษาเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, าษาหลักของชาวเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, for Serbo-Croatian;
Spaans, Spaanse taal, spanjoll, ‏اللغة الأسبانية, ‏الأسبانية, ‏أسباني, испански език, испански, espanyoles, Espanyol, 西班牙语, 西班牙文 , 西班牙語 , španìlský, španìlština, spanskt, espanjalainen, espagnol, Spaansk, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, karaiñe'êmegua, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, SpÚinnis, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainagh, Spaainish, spañó, espanhol, espanhòl, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, spaniol, испанский, Sipaniolo, španski jezik, španski, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyolca, ispanyol, іспанська мова, іспанський, for Spanish;
Sweeds, suedez, ‏اللغة السويدية, Suecu, шведски език, шведски, швед, Swedis, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, svenskt, ruotsalainen, suédois, Sweedsk, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, sænskur, Sualainnis, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", 스웨덴, Soolynish, Soolynagh, suèc, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển, for Swedish;
Turks, turk, ‏تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, ‏اللغة التركية, Turcu, турски, турски език, Turko, 土耳其, 土耳其語 , tureètina, turecký, turkist, turkkilainen, turque, turc, Turksk, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türk, türkçe, турецька мова, турецький, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ, for Turkish;
Тюркменски Език, turkmener, Turkmeen, Turkmeense, turkmenistanilainen, Turkmène, Turkmene, Turkmenin, Τουρκομάνος, turkmeno, turcomano, turquemeno, turquemene, turkmenistanier, for Turkmen;
乌克兰, for Ukranian;
Vietnamees, vietnamez, vietnamisht, виетнамски език, виетнамски, Vietnamis, 越南語 , 越南 , 越南语, vietnamský, vietnamka, vietnamec, vietnamština, vietnameser, vjetmanskt, vietnamilainen, vietnamien, Fjetnameesk, vietnamese, vietnamesisch, Vietnamesin, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnami, vietnámi, ベトナ 人 , ベトナ じ", 트남, vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnames, vietnam, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt, for Vietnamese;
Wallies, i uellsit, gjuha e uellsit, shkel premtimin, populli i uellsit, ik pa paguar, ‏ويلزي, ‏الولزية لغة إقليم ويلز, ‏تهرب من دفع الرهان, не си плащам дълга, измъквам се от задължение, уелски език, уелски, 威"士, 威爾士語 , waleština, waleský, Wels, valisiskt, gallois, walisisch, δεν πληρώνω τα οφειλόμενα, ουάλλοσ, ουαλλικόσ, walesi, Breatnais, gallese, Bretnagh, galês, gallés, limba velşã, din ţara galilor, velş, уэльский, velški jezik, podvaliti, velški, velšanin, galés, walesisk, galler ile ilgili, sözünü tutmamak, gal dili, bahisleri ödemeden kaçmak, şartları yerine getirmemek, ödemeden kaçmak, у"льський, валлійська мова, валлійці, валлійський, не віддати гроші, Cymreig, for Welsh;