co-brother

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.86 in modern English

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noun

noun

One's wife's sister's husband.

Indian usage

"My co-brethren of the quill."
"At the death of the co-sisters of the Guild, every co-brother of the Guild to be present"
"If your wife doesn't have a sister, you just can't have a co-brother."

Etymology tree English co- Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr Proto-Germanic *brōþēr Proto-West Germanic *brōþer Old English brōþor Middle English brother English brother English co-brother From co- + brother.

co-brothers (plural) co-brethren (plural)

co-sister

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