brother-out-law
English
Noun
brother-out-law (plural brothers-out-law)
- Brother of one's boyfriend or girlfriend.
- Boyfriend of one's sister or brother.
- 1826, The roaring girle, or, Moll Cut-purse. The widow's tears. The white devil, or, Vittoria Corombona. The hog hath lost his pearl. The foure prentises of London, with the conquest of Jerusalem (English drama), D1dXDQAAQBAJ, page 565:
- My brother out-law, and my own true brother? Charles. For ever thus let us embrace each other. Godfrey.
- 1874, J. Pearson, The faire maid of the Exchange. A woman killed with kindnesse. The four prentises of London. The fair maid of the west, GSEkAAAAMAAJ, page 238:
- My brother Out-law, and my owne true brother.
- 2006, Harlyn Aizley, Confessions of the Other Mother: Nonbiological Lesbian Moms Tell All! (Social Science), →ISBN, pZgDAQAAQBAJ, page 36:
- The old Cape Cod commune-istas had caught up enough with my mother out-law and were now asking after notable events in the lives of her offspring.
- 2013, Virendra Pandit, The Biology of History-Ascent of Women, →ISBN, nbaGyuIqmgcC, page 481:
- The Church, therefore, decided to declare Richard a brother-out-law and condemned him.
- 2018, Eric Baysinger, Brother-Out-Law (Fiction), →ISBN, LqlPDwAAQBAJ, page 69:
- Going home and hanging out with his daughter and brother-in-law, Ex-brother-in-law? Brother-out-law? seemed a whole lot better than whatever was going to happen inside that restaurant.
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Coordinate terms
- brother-in-law
Related terms
- daughter-out-law
- father-out-law
- mother-out-law
- sister-out-law
- son-out-law