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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

fraternal
    adj 1: of or relating to a fraternity or society of usually men;
           "a fraternal order"
    2: (of twins) derived from two separate fertilized ova;
       "fraternal twins are biovular" [syn: fraternal, biovular]
       [ant: identical, monovular]
    3: like or characteristic of or befitting a brother; "brotherly
       feelings"; "close fraternal ties" [syn: brotherly,
       brotherlike, fraternal] [ant: sisterlike, sisterly,
       sororal]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Fraternal \Fra*ter"nal\, a.[F. fraternel, LL. fraternalis, fr.
   L. fraternus, fr. frater brother. See Brother.]
   Of, pertaining to, or involving, brethren; becoming to
   brothers; brotherly; as, fraternal affection; a fraternal
   embrace. -- Fra*ter"nal*ly, adv.
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         An abhorred, a cursed, a fraternal war.  --Milton.
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         Fraternal love and friendship.           --Addison.
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Thesaurus Results for fraternal:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

Christian, Christlike, Christly, affectionate, agreeable, amiable, amicable, benign, benignant, brotherly, compassionate, congenial, decent, favorable, friendlike, friendly, good, gracious, harmonious, human, humane, idealistic, intellectual, kind, kindhearted, kindly, kindly-disposed, loving, neighborlike, neighborly, nice, peaceable, pleasant, simpatico, sisterly, sociable, softhearted, sympathetic, sympathique, sympathizing, tender, tenderhearted, unhostile, warm, warmhearted, well-affected, well-disposed, well-intentioned, well-meaning, well-meant

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