daughter-in-law
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2.5
- noun
- /ˈdɔːtər ɪn lɔː/
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nuera
- Oh, you've met my daughter-in-law, Mrs. Edward Marston?
- son and daughter-in-law
- wife and daughter-in-law
- daughter-in-law gave
I was traveling with his daughter-in-law in North Carolina and it was, it was like a a gut punch.
- I was traveling with his daughter-in-law in North Carolina and it was, it was like a a gut punch.
- I would never ever you could not torture it out of me to send a daughter-in-law.
Examples
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I want to talk to my daughter-in-law alone.
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That's my future daughter-in-law!
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Is this about my daughter in law?
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I would give my almost daughter-in-law some of the money.
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Now his son and his new daughter-in-law were going to live there.
Fiction book (1995) -
Come sit by me, my daughter-in-law.
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Between the fish and the soup, his daughter-in-law began to cry and had to leave the room.
Fiction book (1995) -
- My daughter-in-law doesn't want me here.
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The Wilsons introduced Paxton to everyone as their future daughter-in-law, and she didn't seem to mind it.
Fiction book (1990) -
I want to talk to my daughter-in-law alone.
Synonyms
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2.1
A person related to you by marriage, for example your spouse's parent or sibling
A family member related to you by marriage, not by blood, like a mother-in-law
Surface Forms
Etymology
Daughter-in-law is made from the words daughter, in, and law, and it originally meant 'a daughter by law' — a daughter because of marriage, not by blood. So today daughter-in-law means the wife of someone's son.