fraternity house

noun

1. a house occupied by a college or university fraternity.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fraternity house¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

It said it decided to hire the security guards after several crimes involving students last year, including a carjacking near a fraternity house and another one near campus.

From New York Times

The fraternity house I lived in was a mere block from the Northridge Meadows, the apartment building that pancaked along Reseda Boulevard, killing 16.

From Los Angeles Times

Trump tossed autographed footballs into the crowd at a fraternity house ahead of a college football game.

From Seattle Times

In Iowa over the summer, he doled out Blizzard ice cream treats to customers at a Dairy Queen and hung out at a fraternity house while tossing footballs into the crowd.

From Seattle Times

He described playing “lots of board games” when he lived in an alcohol-free, “nerdy” fraternity house at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he graduated with a physics degree in 2014.

From Reuters