frat

frat
frat student slang shortening of FRATERNITY (Cf. fraternity), by 1888.

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  • frat — frat·er·ni·za·tion; frat·er·nize; frat·i·cel·li; frat·ri·ci·dal; frat; frat·ri·cide; frat·er·niz·er; …   English syllables

  • frat — [frat] 1. n. a fraternity. (Collegiate.) □ Are you going to join a frat? □ My brother is in a frat. 2. mod. having to do with fraternities and their members. (Collegiate.) □ Is there a frat party tonight? □ …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • frat — n. a social club for male college undergraduates; a shortened form of {fraternity}. Syn: fraternity. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • frat — [fræt] n AmE informal [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: fraternity] a ↑fraternity ▪ a frat boy (=member of a fraternity) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • frat — ☆ frat [frat ] n. Informal a fraternity, as at a college …   English World dictionary

  • Frat — Frat, so v.w. Euphrat …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Frat — Frat, s. Euphrat …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • frat — /frat/, n. Informal. fraternity (def. 1). [1890 95, Amer.; by shortening] * * * …   Universalium

  • frat — [ fræt ] noun count AMERICAN INFORMAL a student FRATERNITY …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Frat — Le Fraternel Contexte général Zone d’influence Île de France Fiche d’identité Forme juridique …   Wikipédia en Français

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