Meaning of brother-in-law | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A male relative of one's generation, separated by one degree of marriage:
2. The brother of one's spouse.
3. The husband of one's sibling.
4. Co-brother-in-law: A male relative of one's generation, separated by two degrees of marriage:
5. The husband of the sibling of one's spouse.
6. The brother of the spouse of one's sibling.
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Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“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).”

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