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Brother-in-law
//ˈbɹʌðɚ ɪn ˌlɔ// noun
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Noun
- 1 A male relative of one's generation, separated by one degree of marriage:; The brother of one's spouse.
"The US Securities and Exchange Commission has closed its insider trading investigation into stock trades made by then-Sen. Richard Burr and his brother-in-law at the outset of the pandemic, the former senator announced Friday."
- 2 a brother by marriage wordnet
- 3 A male relative of one's generation, separated by one degree of marriage:; The husband of one's sibling.
- 4 Co-brother-in-law: A male relative of one's generation, separated by two degrees of marriage:; The husband of the sibling of one's spouse.
"He was appalled by trench conditions and the prolongation of the war, a disillusionment further encouraged by the Easter rising, in which his brother-in-law, Francis Sheehy-Skeffington (qv), was murdered by a deranged Anglo–Irish officer, J. C. Bowen-Colthurst (qv)."
- 5 Co-brother-in-law: A male relative of one's generation, separated by two degrees of marriage:; The brother of the spouse of one's sibling. uncommon
Etymology
From Middle English brother-in-lawe; equivalent to brother + -in-law.
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