English Explanatory Dictionary

swager

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A brother-in-law.
noun
  1. A tool that performs swaging.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈswɛ(ː)ɡ(.)ə(ɹ)/ /ˈswäɡ(.)əɹ/

Word forms

swager swagers

Etymology

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”).

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