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fraternal
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[frəˈtəːnl], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- of or like a brother or brothers
(e.g: his lack of fraternal feeling shocked me)
- (of twins) developed from separate ova and therefore genetically distinct and not necessarily of the same sex or more similar than other siblings
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Origin
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late Middle English: from medieval Latin fraternalis, from Latin fraternus, from frater ‘brother’
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