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Brother-in-law

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Noun

1. brother-in-law

a brother by marriage

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Brother-in-law

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nounWord forms: plural brothers-in-law
1. 
the brother of one's wife or husband
2. 
the husband of one's sibling
3. 
the husband of the sibling of one's husband or wife

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Brother-in-law

see synonyms of brother-in-law
nounWord forms: plural ˈbrothˌers-in-law
1. 
the brother of one's husband or wife
2. 
the husband of one's sister
3. 
the husband of the sister of one's wife or husband

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Brother-in-law

see synonyms of brother-in-law
n. pl. brothers-in-law
1. The brother of one's spouse.
2. The husband of one's sibling.
3. The husband of the sibling of one's spouse.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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