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Noun brotherhood has 4 senses

brotherhood - the kinship relation between a male offspring and the siblings
--₁ is a kind of kinship, family relationship, relationship
brotherhood, fraternity, sodality - people engaged in a particular occupation; "the medical fraternity"
--₂ is a kind of class, social class, socio-economic class
--₂ has members: brother; sodalist
brotherhood - the feeling that men should treat one another like brothers
--₃ is a kind of friendliness
union, labor union, trade union, trades union, brotherhood - an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job"
--₄ is a kind of organization, organisation
--₄ is a part of labor movement, trade union movement, labor
--₄ has particulars:
industrial union, vertical union; craft union; company union; Industrial Workers of the World, IWW, I.W.W.