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fraternals

fraternals is the plural of fraternal.

Meaning of fraternal

Noun

fraternal (plural fraternals)

  1. A society formed to provide mutual aid, such as insurance.
    • Here comes in the importance of the proposed bill for the uniform regulation of fraternals.1902, “Insurance and the Fraternals”, in The Underwriters Review, volumes 11-12, page 66
  2. A fraternal twin.
    • Her twins were adorable boy-girl fraternals who wore boy-girl clothes in the same fabric.2001, Susan Kohl, Twin Stories: Their Mysterious and Unique Bond, page 14

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Questions about fraternals

What is fraternals the plural of?
Fraternals is the plural of fraternal.

Words near fraternals in the dictionary

  1. fraternalize
  2. fraternalized
  3. fraternalizes
  4. fraternalizing
  5. fraternally
  6. fraternals
  7. fraternisation
  8. fraternisations
  9. fraternise
  10. fraternised
  11. fraterniser

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