Word Meanings - BROTHER-IN-LAW - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The brother of one's husband or wife; also, the husband of one's sister; sometimes, the husband of one's wife's sister.

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• SOMETIMES
  1. Formerly; sometime. That fair and warlike form In which the majesty of buried Denmark Did sometimes march. Shak. 2. At times; at intervals; now and then;occasionally. It is good that we sometimes be contradicted. Jer. Taylor. Sometimes . . .
• HUSBANDABLE
  Capable of being husbanded, or managed with economy. Sherwood.
• HUSBANDLESS
  Destitute of a husband. Shak.
• SISTER
  AS. sweostor, sweoster, swuster, akin to OFries. sweester, suster, LG. süster, suster, D. zuster, OS. & OHG. swestar, G. schwester, Icel. systir, Sw. syster, Dan. söster, Goth. swistar, Lith. ses, Russ. sestra, Pol. siostra, L. soror, Skr. svasr.
• BROTHERLY
  Like a brother; affectionately; kindly. "I speak but brotherly of him." Shak.
• HUSBANDRY
  1. Care of domestic affairs; economy; domestic management; thrift. There's husbandry in heaven; Their candles are all out. Shak. 2. The business of a husbandman, comprehending the various branches of agriculture; farming. Husbandry supplieth all
• BROTHER
  brother, AS. bro; akin to OS. brothar, D. broeder, OHG. pruodar, G. bruder, Icel. bro, Sw. & Dan. broder, Goth. bro, Ir. brathair, W. brawd, pl. brodyr, Lith. brolis, Lett. brahlis, Russ. brat', Pol. & Serv. brat, OSlav. brat, L. frater,
• BROTHER GERMAN
  A brother by both the father's and mother's side, in contradistinction to a uterine brother, one by the mother only. Bouvier.
• HUSBANDLY
  Frugal; thrifty. Tusser.
• BROTHERLINESS
  The state or quality of being brotherly.
• SISTERING
  Contiguous. Shak.
• HUSBANDAGE
  The commission or compensation allowed to a ship's husband.
• BROTHERHOOD
  1. The state of being brothers or a brother. 2. An association for any purpose, as a society of monks; a fraternity. 3. The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, -- especially those of the same profession; as, the legal or medical
• SISTERLY
  Like a sister; becoming a sister, affectionate; as, sisterly kindness; sisterly remorse. Shak.
• BROTHER-IN-LAW
  The brother of one's husband or wife; also, the husband of one's sister; sometimes, the husband of one's wife's sister.
• SISTER-IN-LAW
  The sister of one's husband or wife; also, the wife of one's brother; sometimes, the wife of one's husband's or wife's brother.
• HUSBANDMAN
  1. The master of a family. Chaucer. 2. A farmer; a cultivator or tiller of the ground.
• HUSBAND
  the house or family, AS. h master of the house; h house + bunda, bonda, householder, husband; prob. fr. Icel. h house master, husband; h house + b dwelling, inhabiting, p.pr. of b to dwell; akin to AS. b, 1. The male head of a household; one who
• SISTERHOOD
  1. The state or relation of being a sister; the office or duty of a sister. She . . . abhorr'd Her proper blood, and left to do the part Of sisterhood, to do that of a wife. Daniel. 2. A society of sisters; a society of women united in one faith
• ASSISTER
  An assistant; a helper.
• STEPSISTER
  A daughter of one's stepfather or stepmother by a former marriage.
• UNSISTER
  To separate, as sisters; to disjoin. Tennyson.
• STEPBROTHER
  A brother by the marriage of one's father with the mother of another, or of one's mother with the father of another.
• HALF-BROTHER
  A brother by one parent, but not by both.
• RESISTER
  One who resists.