US, informal
: fraternity sense 1c
Today's progressive notions of responsible partying and political correctness have hit hard at all eighteen of Dartmouth's frats but especially so at Alpha Delta, which has always had the reputation of being the baddest house on campus.—
Eric Konigsberg
—often used before another nounEric Konigsbergfrat houses/brothers
(often disparaging) a frat boy [=a member of a fraternity]
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Advertising consultant Charles Bird believed frat boys and swabbies would laugh at it.
—Bill Swank, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2026
Yet, during my Indiana college years, I was never allowed by classmates to claim Chicago as home (though frat boys from Highland Park or Hinsdale — much further commutes — got away with that move).
—Gretchen Kalwinski, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
The sketchiest part of my route ran near campus, where residential neighborhoods gave way to some frat buildings and low-rent student housing.
—Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
In a statement to Fox News Digital, a UA spokesperson confirmed the investigations being conducted into the three frats.
—Julia Bonavita , Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
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Bill Swank, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2026
Yet, during my Indiana college years, I was never allowed by classmates to claim Chicago as home (though frat boys from Highland Park or Hinsdale — much further commutes — got away with that move).
—Gretchen Kalwinski, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
The sketchiest part of my route ran near campus, where residential neighborhoods gave way to some frat buildings and low-rent student housing.
—Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
In a statement to Fox News Digital, a UA spokesperson confirmed the investigations being conducted into the three frats.
—Julia Bonavita , Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for frat
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“Frat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frat. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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