Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The brother of one's spouse.
- noun The husband of one's sibling.
- noun The husband of the sibling of one's spouse.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The brother of one's husband or wife; also, one's sister's husband.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The brother of one's husband or wife; also, the husband of one's sister; sometimes, the husband of one's wife's sister.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A male relative of one's generation, separated by one degree of marriage:
- noun uncommon
Co-brother-in-law : A male relative of one's generation, separated by two degrees of marriage:
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a brother by marriage
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Examples
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Defense attorneys told jurors a different tale brimming with retribution by a spurned boss, and a rough-and-tumble shipping industry rife with what they called "brother-in-law deals" that reward fixers for arranging contracts.
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Knowing, however, that “propriety would not permit of personal inquiry” he called his brother-in-law T.V.
The Last Empress Hannah Pakula 2009
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And what's in store for Ava, who now calls brother-in-law Boyd Walton Goggins her bad-boy squeeze?
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Pat once again called her brother-in-law Ashley Miles to see if he could help.
Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010
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I know he will have loved the humiliation of the man he was forced to call brother-in-law.
The Red Queen Philippa Gregory 2010
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Finally, we decided to call my brother-in-law, Kevin, who lives just a few minutes from us.
It’s Your Time Joel Osteen 2010
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Finally, we decided to call my brother-in-law, Kevin, who lives just a few minutes from us.
It’s Your Time Joel Osteen 2010
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Finally, we decided to call my brother-in-law, Kevin, who lives just a few minutes from us.
It’s Your Time JOEL OSTEEN 2009
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Court heard Tuesday that weeks before the deaths, Mr. Shafia called his brother-in-law to ask for help in killing Zainab.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed ALLISON JONES 2011
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T.V. also referred to his brother-in-law as a “bad administrator,” adding “what I was trying to do.… make effective use of American aid & build up economy & keep fighting inflation so that gov could have democratic institutions.
The Last Empress Hannah Pakula 2009
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