Definitions For Swager

Noun

{{dum-noun, head=swâger, m}} male in-law brother-in-law son-in-law father-in-law

Inflection

{{rfinfl, dum, noun}}

Descendants

{{desctree, nl, zwager}} {{desc, li, zwaoger}}

Etymology 1

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 sweyr, , mother-in-law and swier, , father-in-law in some East Midlands dialects, which are derived from attested Old English and Middle English words and , respectively. Ultimately derived from {{inh, en, gem-pro, swēgraz, , husband's brother}}, from {{der, en, ine-pro, *swéḱuros, , husband's father}}.

Pronunciation

(Midlands) /ˈswɛ(ː)ɡ(.)ə(ɹ)/ (rural areas of Scotland) /ˈswäɡ(.)əɹ/

Noun

SWAGER (plural SWAGERs) (dialectal, rural) A brother-in-law. : {{ux, en, Mehe swager wooner deh nowt at aw fer 'is kenship. 'e is a coont.}}

References

Etymology 2

swage + er

Noun

SWAGER (plural SWAGERs) A tool that performs swage, swaging.

Anagrams

Wagers, wagers

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From {{inh, dum, odt, swāgar}}, from {{inh, dum, gem-pro, *swēgraz}}.