daughter-in-law
the wife of one's child.
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And there is this curious connection as well: Leila and Temur have the same daughter-in-law.
The Secret Life of an ISIS Warlord | Will Cathcart, Vazha Tavberidze, Nino Burchuladze | October 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe family shared housing with the ever present and domineering Sara, who rarely had a kind word for her daughter-in-law.
She was already complaining that people would send money to her daughter-in-law Marina, but that she would be forgotten.
Oswald’s Mother Was a Thoroughly Disagreeable Piece of Work | Steve North | November 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHis wife, son, and daughter-in-law are all A-listers in the industry.
Amitabh Bachchan, the Bollywood Friend of ‘The Great Gatsby’ | Sujay Kumar | May 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTNow staying with his son and daughter-in-law in their small apartment in Bayside, Queens, he is facing two battles.
In Sandy’s Wake, a New York Doorman Without a Home | Abigail Pesta | November 23, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
They were still living in 1823, when their son and their daughter-in-law had been deceased some time.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheAlthough a bourgeoisie of strict ideas, Mme. du Bruel welcomed the dancer Tullia, who became her daughter-in-law.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheHis daughter-in-law looked at him with compassionate eyes that he could hardly bear.
David Fleming's Forgiveness | Margaret Murray RobertsonI intend to make my daughter-in-law very happy and I am afraid that my son will not make her so.
Balsamo, The Magician | Alexander DumasThere is not one I have mentioned who is not unexceptionable, and whom I would gladly embrace as a daughter-in-law.
Newton Forster | Captain Frederick Marryat
British Dictionary definitions for daughter-in-law
the wife of one's son
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