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phrator|ˈfreɪtɔː(r)|
[a. Gr. ϕρᾱ́τωρ, another form of ϕρᾱ́τηρ clansman: cognate with Skr. bhrātā, Zend bhrātar, L. frāter, Goth. brôþar brother.]
A member of a Grecian phratry; also transf. a fellow-clansman.
1847Grote Greece ii. x. III. 87 If a man was murdered, first his near relations, next his gennêtes and phrators, were both allowed and required to prosecute the crime at law. 1881L. H. Morgan N. Amer. Ethnol. IV. 11 To preserve some degree of equality in the number of phrators in each. |
