"co-brother" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: co-brothers [plural], co-brethren [plural]
Etymology: co- + brother Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|co|brother}} co- + brother Head templates: {{en-noun|s|co-brethren}} co-brother (plural co-brothers or co-brethren)
  1. One's colleague ("brother" in the same craft, occupation, or society). Categories (topical): Male family members
    Sense id: en-co-brother-en-noun-1G0b36pJ Disambiguation of Male family members: 74 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with co- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with co-: 50 50
  2. (India) One's wife's sister's husband. Tags: India
    Sense id: en-co-brother-en-noun-Wa5XYXc~ Categories (other): Indian English, English terms prefixed with co- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with co-: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: confrère, co-brother-in-law (english: in the more common sense only) Hypernyms: brother-in-law Coordinate_terms: co-sister

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for co-brother meaning in English (2.5kB)

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