brother-in-lawnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbrʌð.ə.rɪn.lɔː/us/ˈbrʌð.ɚ.ɪn.lɑː/plural brothers-in-lawB2 the husband of your sister or brother, or the brother of your husband or wife, or the man who is married to the sister or brother of your wife or husband
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Family: non-blood relations
- auntie
- co-brother
- co-sister
- daughter-in-law
- father-in-law
- goddaughter
- godfather
- godmother
- godparent
- godson
- sister-in-law
- son-in-law
- step
- stepbrother
- stepchild
- stepfamily
- stepfather
- stepmother
- stepmum
- stepparent
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Examples from literature
- He looked at his brother-in-law for a minute.
- Her family sat in an affectionately earnest row and adjured her—four married sisters, four blissful brothers-in-law, her attractive stepmother, her father.
- I seem to have heard that you did not like your brother-in-law, and that you were opposed to the marriage.
- That very morning, when his wife had attempted to condole with her brother-in-law, Prince Peter had observed a look of pain on his brother's face.
- Yet, as soon as she heard of the presence of her brother-in-law, she insisted upon seeing him.