Federal brother
As a fraternity brother or Federal sister among themselves members call themselves an organization claiming to be federal or as one of the traditional historical, religious or charismatic understands elements embossed community. The salutation can be a demonstrative expression of a life union among the members and is used in student associations and some youth associations .
In men's associations , the wives who cannot be members are often referred to as federal sisters .
Bundesbruder is abbreviated to BB , Bb or Bbr , as plural BbrBbr or modern Bbr² .
Corps brother
Within a corps , a particularly old form of student union, the members address each other as corps brothers . The term can be abbreviated as Cbr . The plural form CbrCbr , which was used until the 1920s , has been abolished. The wives of the corps brothers are called corps sisters .
See also
Brother , brotherhood , alliance , corps , comrade , comrade , sister , student union
Web links
- Oh, fraternity, sit down. Student kneiplied( memento from January 19, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) liedertafel.via.t-online.de
- To the young fraternity. Boy scout song ( Memento from December 9, 2003 in the Internet Archive ) www.kreuzfahrer.org