"co-sister" meaning in All languages combined

See co-sister on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: co-sisters [plural]
Etymology: From co- + sister. The second meaning was influenced by a Dravidian substrate. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|co|sister}} co- + sister Head templates: {{en-noun}} co-sister (plural co-sisters)
  1. colleague ("sister" in the same craft, occupation, or society) Categories (topical): Female family members, People, Siblings
    Sense id: en-co-sister-en-noun-bpLOtXHy Disambiguation of Female family members: 53 47 Disambiguation of People: 55 45 Disambiguation of Siblings: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 67 33
  2. (India) One's spouse's sibling's wife. Tags: India Categories (topical): Female family members, People, Siblings
    Sense id: en-co-sister-en-noun-I0vwwgkE Disambiguation of Female family members: 53 47 Disambiguation of People: 55 45 Disambiguation of Siblings: 50 50 Categories (other): Indian English, English terms prefixed with co- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with co-: 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: co-sister-in-law (english: in the more common sense only) Hypernyms: sister-in-law Coordinate_terms: co-brother

Inflected forms

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