Father-in-law

created by Webster 1913
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:36:47

Fa"ther-in-law` (?), n.; pl. Fathers-in-law ().

The father of one's husband or wife; -- correlative to son-in-law and daughter-in-law.

⇒ A man who marries a woman having children already, is sometimes, though erroneously, called their father-in-law.

 

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