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co-sisters-in-law

co-sisters-in-law is the plural of co-sister-in-law.

Meaning of co-sister-in-law

Noun

co-sister-in-law (plural co-sisters-in-law)

  1. One's spouse's sister-in-law, especially one's husband's brother's wife, one's brother's wife in relation to the spouses of his siblings; either of two (or more) women who are married to brothers, in relation to the other.
    • [The Russian word] Yátrov', for the husband's brother's wife or co-sister-in-law, so diagnostic a status within the patrilocal household, has passed entirely out of the language.1979, Paul Friedrich, editor, Language, Context, and the Imagination, page 193
  2. One's brother-in-law or sister-in-law's sister; one's sibling's spouse's sister; either of two (or more) women whose siblings are married, in relation to the other.

Questions about co-sisters-in-law

What is co-sisters-in-law the plural of?
Co-sisters-in-law is the plural of co-sister-in-law.

Words near co-sisters-in-law in the dictionary

  1. co-signing
  2. co-signs
  3. co-sister
  4. co-sister-in-law
  5. co-sisters
  6. co-sisters-in-law
  7. co-sleeping
  8. co-sounding
  9. co-speech
  10. co-spies
  11. co-sponsor

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