mechutan

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew מחותן.

Noun

mechutan (plural mechutans)

1. (Jewish) A co-father-in-law.
   • 2004 October 18, Nick, “Re: Jewish Believers and others”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated‎^[1] (Usenet):

     My father has a story of a Jewish colleague who was probably Reform. His daughter married an Israeli boy. At the wedding party which must have been in London the father asked his new Israeli mechutan if he would like to bentsch. Clearly he hadn't cleared this with him beforehand as it turned out he didn't know how to.