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in-law
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun in-law has 1 sense
- in-law(n = noun.person) relative-in-law - a relative by marriage; Array has particulars: brother-in-law, daughter-in-law, father-in-law, mother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law
is a kind of relation, relative
CIDE DICTIONARY
in-law, n.
A person who is related by marriage, as distinguished from a blood relative ; esp. mother-in-law (the mother of one's spouse), father-in-law (the father of one's spouse), brother-in-law (the brother of one's spouse, or husband of one's spouse's sister), sister-in-law (the sister of one's spouse, or wife of one's spouse's brother). [PJC]
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