brother-in-law
Substantivhäufig in Dialogen
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈbɹʌðəɹ ɪn ˌlɔː//
- Vereinigte Staaten//ˈbɹʌðɚ ɪn ˌlɔ//
- //ˈbɹʌðɚ ɪn ˌlɑ//
A male relative of one's generation, separated by one degree of marriage: The brother of one's spouse.
Substantiv
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A male relative of one's generation, separated by one degree of marriage: The brother of one's spouse.
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.
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A male relative of one's generation, separated by one degree of marriage: The husband of one's sibling.
- 3
Co-brother-in-law: A male relative of one's generation, separated by two degrees of marriage: The husband of the sibling of one's spouse.
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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Co-brother-in-law: A male relative of one's generation, separated by two degrees of marriage: The brother of the spouse of one's sibling.
Herkunft
From Middle English brother-in-lawe; equivalent to brother + -in-law.
Formen
- Plural
- brothers-in-law, brethren-in-law, brother-in-laws
brother-in-law · A male relative of one's generation, separated by one degree of marriage: The brother of one's spouse.
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