Definitions For Swager

Noun

male in-law brother-in-law son-in-law father-in-law

Inflection

Descendants

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 , from .

Pronunciation

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

Noun

SWAGER (plural SWAGERs) (dialectal, rural) A brother-in-law. :

References

Etymology 2

swage + er

Noun

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

Anagrams

Wagers, wagers

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From , from .