"brother-out-law" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: brothers-out-law [plural]
Etymology: From brother + -out-law, by analogy to brother-in-law. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|brother|out-law}} brother + -out-law Head templates: {{en-noun|brothers-out-law}} brother-out-law (plural brothers-out-law)
  1. The brother of one's boyfriend or girlfriend.
    Sense id: en-brother-out-law-en-noun--KgumGzr
  2. The boyfriend of one's sister or brother.
    Sense id: en-brother-out-law-en-noun-aDL4AgAv
  3. The brother of one's ex-spouse. Categories (topical): Male family members
    Sense id: en-brother-out-law-en-noun-Hid7MCt2 Disambiguation of Male family members: 26 26 48 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -out-law, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 4 91 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -out-law: 8 8 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 6 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 3 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: daughter-out-law, father-out-law, mother-out-law, sister-out-law, son-out-law Coordinate_terms: brother-in-law

Inflected forms

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