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brother-husbands

brother-husbands is the plural of brother-husband.

Meaning of brother-husband

Noun

brother-husband (plural brother-husbands)

  1. A man who is simultaneously brother and husband to his spouse.
    • Dala Kumara was seized by a deep passion; he carried his sister away to the forest and lived with her there, subsisting on wild foods. One day, when her brother-husband was away, Giri Devi ran away and hanged herself from some forest vines.1996, Allen W. Johnson, Douglass Richard Price-Williams, Oedipus Ubiquitous: The Family Complex in World Folk Literature, →ISBN, page 188

Questions about brother-husbands

What is brother-husbands the plural of?
Brother-husbands is the plural of brother-husband.

Words near brother-husbands in the dictionary

  1. Brother Jonathan
  2. brother's wife
  3. brother's wives
  4. brother-german
  5. brother-husband
  6. brother-husbands
  7. brother-in-arms
  8. brother-in-law
  9. brother-in-laws
  10. brother-officer
  11. brother-officers

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