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Vinony

brother-in-law

noun

  1. male sibling-in-law
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈbɹʌðɚ ɪn ˌlɔ/ / /ˈbɹʌðɚ ɪn ˌlɑ/ / /ˈbɹʌðəɹ ɪn ˌlɔː/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English brother-in-lawe; equivalent to brother + -in-law.

  1. A male relative of one's generation, separated by one degree of marriage:

    “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 male relative of one's generation, separated by one degree of marriage:
  3. Co-brother-in-law: A male relative of one's generation, separated by two degrees of marriage:

    “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).”

  4. Co-brother-in-law: A male relative of one's generation, separated by two degrees of marriage: