daughter-in-law

American  

[daw-ter-in-law] / ˈdɔ tər ɪnˌlɔ /

noun

plural

daughters-in-law

1. the wife of one's child.

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daughter-in-law British  

noun

1. the wife of one's son

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Etymology

Origin of daughter-in-law

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

Their children weren't keen to help but daughter-in-law Louise offered to step in.

From BBC

But for Paul, a potential move is bittersweet, as his daughter lives next door and his grandson and daughter-in-law live the other side.

From BBC

By the end of his life, Weiland couldn’t speak and was given an iPad by his daughter-in-law, a speech pathologist, to communicate.

From The Wall Street Journal

I now have a question: My son and daughter-in-law want to purchase their first home in the Mid-Atlantic region.

From MarketWatch

He used the savings, he said, to help his daughter-in-law pay for her prescription for the drug.

From The Wall Street Journal