good-brother Sc.
[See good D 2 b.]
A brother-in-law.
| c 1568 in H. Campbell Love Lett. Mary, Q. Scots App. (1825) 25, I pray you tak it in guid part, & not after the interpretation of your fals guid-brother. c 1610 Sir J. Melvil Mem. (1735) 7 The King of England his Good-brother. a 1670 Spalding Troub. Chas. I (1829) 11 The marquis made him cold welcome for his good-brother the laird of Frendraught's cause. 1715 Ramsay Christ's Kirk on Gr. ii. 119 He was her ain guid-brither. |