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swager.

A brother-in-law.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈswɛ(ː)ɡ(.)ə(ɹ)/Midlands/ˈswäɡ(.)əɹ/
  1. A brother-in-law.

    dialectal
    Mehe swager wooner deh nowt at aw fer 'is kenship. 'e is a coont.
Where this word comes from

Recorded in neither Old English nor Middle English. Perhaps a borrowing from Dutch or Low German, but this derivation is rather unlikely due to the presence of the words like sweġer (“mother-in-law”) and swēor (“father-in-law”) in some East Midlands dialects, which are derived from attested Old English and Middle English words sweger and sweor, respectively. Ultimately derived from Proto-Germanic *swēgraz (“husband's brother”), from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱuros (“husband's father”).

noun
  1. A tool that performs swaging.

Where this word comes from

From swage + -er.

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