Dictionary

brother-out-law en · NOUN

Etymology

From brother + -out-law, by analogy to brother-in-law.

Meanings

1. The brother of one's boyfriend or girlfriend.
2. The boyfriend of one's sister or brother.
   • The Church, therefore, decided to declare Richard a brother-out-law and condemned him. 2013, Virendra Pandit, The Biology of History-Ascent of Women, →ISBN, page 481:
   • Eust[ace]. My brother Out-lavv, and my ovvne true brother! / Cha[rles]. For euer thus let vs embrace each other. c. 1592 (date written), Thomas Heywood, The Foure Prentises of London, […], revised edition, London: […] Nicholas Okes, published 1632, →OCLC, signature [I4], recto:
3. The brother of one's ex-spouse.
   • 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. 2018, Eric Baysinger, Brother-out-Law, →ISBN, page 69:

Forms

Coordinates

brother-in-law

Relateds

father-out-law · sister-out-law · son-out-law · daughter-out-law · mother-out-law