brother-husband

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brother-husband

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Compound of brother + husband.

noun 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.

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@misc{brother_husband_2026,
  title = {brother-husband},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/brother-husband},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}