Dictionary

co-brother en · NOUN

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. One's colleague ("brother" in the same craft, occupation, or society).
   • At the death of the co-sisters of the Guild, every co-brother of the Guild to be present 1900, Arthur Francis Leach, Report on the manuscripts of the corporation of Beverley, page 91:
   • My co-brethren of the quill.
2. (India) One's wife's sister's husband.
   • If your wife doesn't have a sister, you just can't have a co-brother. 2007, Sethi, A Handbook Of Standard English And Indian Usage: Vocabulary And Grammar, page 55:

Forms

Coordinates

co-sister

Hypernyms

brother-in-law

Synonyms

co-brother-in-law · confrère