Son-in-law

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Son-in-law \Son"-in-law`\, n.; pl. {Sons-in-law}.
     The husband of one's daughter; a man in his relationship to
     his wife's parents.
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           To take me as for thy son in lawe.       --Chaucer.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  son-in-law
       n : the husband of your daughter
       [also: {sons-in-law} (pl)]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  SON-IN-LAW, in Latin called gener. The husband of one's daughter.