单词 | good-brother |
释义 | good-brothern. Originally and chiefly Scottish. A brother-in-law. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > sibling > brother > [noun] > brother-in-law odamOE brothera1375 brother-in-lawa1375 good-brother1487 brother-law?1583 levir1865 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xix. l. 243 Iames steward, that ledar was Eftir his gud brother disses. c1568 Mary Queen of Scots Let. in H. Campbell Love Lett. Mary Queen of Scots (1824) App. 25 I pray you tak it in guid part, & not after the interpretation of your fals guid-brother. c1610 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1735) 7 The King of England his Good-brother. c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 28 The Marques maid him cold welcum for his good brother the laird of Frendrachts caus. 1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green ii. 19 He was her ain Good-brither. 1770 In Causa H.-J. Ferrier & J. Johnston 21 Nash and the pursuer had gone into the said Robert Dalziels the pursuers good-brothers house. 1823 J. Galt Entail II. xiv. 127 Your gudebrother heard how I hae been used. 1876 S. R. Whitehead Daft Davie 199 He would see her safe into her gude-brother's house, though it took him out of his own road. 1920 N. Munro in Evening News (Glasgow) 1 Mar. 2/2 I would gi'e that suit to a guid-brother or send it to a jumble sale. c1950 B. Scott Lambs of God ii. 21 And look at Robert. Going out at night helping his good brother to whitewash kitchens, and drawin' the dole. Now, that's no fair. 2010 S. Donati Endless Forest xxix. 217 He tells her he is come to Paradise to visit his sister and good-brother, the Todds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1487 |
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