Co-brother

Origin

- + brother

Full definition of co-brother

Noun

1. colleague ("brother" in the same craft, occupation, or society)My co-brethren of the quill.
• 1900, Arthur Francis Leach, Report on the manuscripts of the corporation of Beverley, At the death of the co-sisters of the Guild, every co-brother of the Guild to be present
2. (India) One's wife's sister's husband.
• 2007, Sethi, A Handbook Of Standard English And Indian Usage: Vocabulary And Grammar, If your wife doesn't have a sister, you just can't have a co-brother.

Synonyms

• confrère
• co-brother-in-law (in the more common sense only)

Hypernyms

• brother-in-law

Coordinate terms

• co-sister