fratn.

Brit.

/frat/, U.S.

/fræt/

Etymology: Shortened < fraternity n.

U.S. College slang.

1. = fraternity n. 7. Also attributive.

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society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > student societies

fraternity1777

Phi Beta Kappa1799

union1817

law society1821

Skull and Bones1845

Bones1869

corps1874

frat1895

sorority1900

union1911

Nusas1925

1895 W. C. Gore in Inlander Nov. 64 Frat, a fraternity.

1899 A. H. Quinn Pennsylvania Stories 186 But any Frat would have wanted Harington.

1902 Chicago Record-Herald 7 Sept. i. 1/3 Alfalfa Eta Fraternity Frat House.

1906 ‘N. Newkirk’ Recoll. Gold Cure Candidate 117 The fraternities..have been pointing out that I would never amount to much as a student until I became a Frat man.

1909 Daily Chron. 9 Feb. 4/4 The Frat-man is one of a group of about fifteen students... Frat-houses may be expensive or cheap.

1926 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Nov. 12 It's a frat house.

1947 Chicago Tribune 2 July 19 Too bad he couldn't go to college. He doesn't know what proms and frats an' trig an' hot dates are all about.

1951 M. Shulman Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1953) 210 Some frat men say he stole their loving cup.

1967 Punch 13 Sept. 377/3 The only Frank Lloyd Wright building on my campus was a frat. house.

2. A member of a fraternity.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > student societies > member or prospective member

frat1895

pledge1901

corps1904

pledgee1924

1895 W. C. Gore in Inlander Nov. 64 Frat, a member of a fraternity.

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frat boy n. U.S. colloquial (freq. somewhat depreciative) a young man who is a member of a college fraternity, or whose appearance or demeanour (esp. when characterized by rowdy or immature behaviour) is considered typical of a fraternity member.

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1882 Amer. College Song Bk. 131 Of college joys we've not a few..: Adventurous scrapes with fair ‘Sem’ students, cliques with frat boys at the University at Delaware.

1953 Los Angeles Sentinel 5 Mar. c4/2 The frat boys who have been making mayhem..will have to find a new place to stage their 21st annual games.

1992 R. Anaya Albuquerque xx. 241 Its banks were swarming with sun worshippers: sorority girls chased by beer-guzzling frat boys.

2011 H. Dolan Very Bad Men (2012) xx. 130 A group of frat boys crossed Main in the middle of a block, loud and careless.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

frat n.² a woman met by ‘fratting’; also as short for ‘fratting’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > fraternization > [noun] > one who fraternizes > woman met through fraternization

frat1945

1945¹ [see main sense].

1946 J. Irving Royal Navalese 81 A piece of Frat, Wren-language for any attractive young woman—ex-enemy—in occupied territory.

1949 G. Cotterell Randle in Springtime i. 8 Then, take my frat I go with, what harm did she ever do?

1957 M. K. Joseph I'll soldier no More (1958) 13 Maybe he'd've rather stayed with his frat.

单词	frat
释义	fratn. Brit. /frat/, U.S. /fræt/ Etymology: Shortened < fraternity n. U.S. College slang. 1. = fraternity n. 7. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > student societies fraternity1777 Phi Beta Kappa1799 union1817 law society1821 Skull and Bones1845 Bones1869 corps1874 frat1895 sorority1900 union1911 Nusas1925 1895 W. C. Gore in Inlander Nov. 64 Frat, a fraternity. 1899 A. H. Quinn Pennsylvania Stories 186 But any Frat would have wanted Harington. 1902 Chicago Record-Herald 7 Sept. i. 1/3 Alfalfa Eta Fraternity Frat House. 1906 ‘N. Newkirk’ Recoll. Gold Cure Candidate 117 The fraternities..have been pointing out that I would never amount to much as a student until I became a Frat man. 1909 Daily Chron. 9 Feb. 4/4 The Frat-man is one of a group of about fifteen students... Frat-houses may be expensive or cheap. 1926 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Nov. 12 It's a frat house. 1947 Chicago Tribune 2 July 19 Too bad he couldn't go to college. He doesn't know what proms and frats an' trig an' hot dates are all about. 1951 M. Shulman Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1953) 210 Some frat men say he stole their loving cup. 1967 Punch 13 Sept. 377/3 The only Frank Lloyd Wright building on my campus was a frat. house. 2. A member of a fraternity. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > student societies > member or prospective member frat1895 pledge1901 corps1904 pledgee1924 1895 W. C. Gore in Inlander Nov. 64 Frat, a member of a fraternity. Draft additions March 2016 frat boy n. U.S. colloquial (freq. somewhat depreciative) a young man who is a member of a college fraternity, or whose appearance or demeanour (esp. when characterized by rowdy or immature behaviour) is considered typical of a fraternity member. ΚΠ 1882 Amer. College Song Bk. 131 Of college joys we've not a few..: Adventurous scrapes with fair ‘Sem’ students, cliques with frat boys at the University at Delaware. 1953 Los Angeles Sentinel 5 Mar. c4/2 The frat boys who have been making mayhem..will have to find a new place to stage their 21st annual games. 1992 R. Anaya Albuquerque xx. 241 Its banks were swarming with sun worshippers: sorority girls chased by beer-guzzling frat boys. 2011 H. Dolan Very Bad Men (2012) xx. 130 A group of frat boys crossed Main in the middle of a block, loud and careless. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas frat frat n.² a woman met by ‘fratting’; also as short for ‘fratting’. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > fraternization > [noun] > one who fraternizes > woman met through fraternization frat1945 1945¹ [see main sense]. 1946 J. Irving Royal Navalese 81 A piece of Frat, Wren-language for any attractive young woman—ex-enemy—in occupied territory. 1949 G. Cotterell Randle in Springtime i. 8 Then, take my frat I go with, what harm did she ever do? 1957 M. K. Joseph I'll soldier no More (1958) 13 Maybe he'd've rather stayed with his frat. extracted from frattingn. frat frat v. (intransitive) to fraternize v. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > fraternization > fraternize [verb (intransitive)] fraternize1611 cordialize1813 frat1957 1957 M. K. Joseph I'll soldier no More (1958) 13 ‘He was fratting, wasn't he?’ ‘Sure—dark piece, lives up the Ludwigstrasse.’ 1965 J. Fleming Nothing is Number ii. iv. 78 He did frat, I mean make friends a bit with the people you're thinking of. extracted from frattingn. < n.1882 as lemmas
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