daughter-in-law

[daw-ter-in-law]

noun

plural

daughters-in-law 

1. the wife of one's child.

daughter-in-law

noun

1. the wife of one's son

Word History and Origins

Origin of daughter-in-law¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English doughter in lawe; daughter, in, law ¹; from Middle English in-lawe “in law,” i.e., “a person within the regulation and protection of the law,” based on the prohibition by Roman civil law and, later, Christian canon law, of marriages within four degrees of consanguinity, i.e., up to and including first cousins

Example Sentences

It was the second day of youth-led protests, triggered by anger over persistent power and water shortages, and Ms Edmondine's daughter-in-law ran into a nearby building with other protesters to take cover.

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Jackie Gill said "his son Nick and daughter-in-law Lisa have been constantly at his side and John died peacefully in hospital".

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"She said, 'I would rather die than be in this facility. May God just take me now'," recalled her distraught daughter-in-law, Manjit Kaur.

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They'll be joined by sisters from Edinburgh and a mother and daughter-in-law duo from Yorkshire.

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Then his adopted son, Jesus, and daughter-in-law run afoul of the feds and Easy must also figure out a way to save them from a certain prison sentence.

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