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co-brother-in-law

noun

Etymology

From co- + brother-in-law or co-brother + -in-law.

  1. inherited from brother-in-lawe
  2. prefixed as co-brother-in-law — “co + brother-in-law”

Definitions

  1. One's spouse's brother-in-law (one's spouse's sibling's husband), especially one's wife's…

    One's spouse's brother-in-law (one's spouse's sibling's husband), especially one's wife's sister's husband; either of two (or more) men who marry sisters, in relation to the other; the brother of one spouse in relation to the siblings of the other spouse.

    • Knowing that he would be susceptible to the arguments of his persuasive co-brother-in-law Antonio de' Medici, Saminiato tried to avoid his company.

  2. One's brother-in-law's or sister-in-law's brother

    One's brother-in-law's or sister-in-law's brother; that is, one's sibling's spouse's brother; either of two (or more) men whose siblings are married to each other.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA