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in-law

[ in-law ]

/ ˈɪnˌlɔ /

noun

a relative by marriage.

Origin of in-law

1890–95; back formation from mother-in-law, brother-in-law, etc.

Words nearby in-law

in-group, in-home, in-house, in-joke, in-kind, in-law, in-lb, in-line, in-line skate, in-migrant, in-migrate

Example sentences from the Web for in-law

He wants to be surrounded by his family, his children, his in-law children, and his doctors, with whom he is extremely close.

Peter Goodwin Is Dying: An Assisted-Suicide Doctor Invokes Law He Built |Casey Schwartz |March 4, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
My mud'-in-law she is de devil for prayin', an' she is poody stout, po' t'ing!

The River's Children |Ruth McEnery Stuart
"The doctor's bull-dog is an 'in-law,' too," laughed Mrs. Smith.

Ethel Morton's Holidays |Mabell S. C. Smith
Any man dat will telegram a message to save his rich mud'-in-law from maybe sudden apoplexy, he is one saint, sure!

The River's Children |Ruth McEnery Stuart

My sister's-in-law, on the second floor, I cannot recommend; she is not cleanly, poor creature!

The conquest of Rome |Matilde Serao
You see, this Ambrose Wood party is only an in-law once removed.

Torchy As A Pa |Sewell Ford

British Dictionary definitions for in-law

in-law

noun

a relative by marriage

adjective

(postpositive; in combination) related by marriage a father-in-law

Word Origin for in-law

C19: back formation from father-in-law, etc