daughter-in-law
[daw-ter-in-law]
- the wife of one's son.
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Origin of daughter-in-law
1350–1400; Middle English doughter in lawe
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Examples from the Web for daughter-in-law
Contemporary Examples
The 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.
His wife, son, and daughter-in-law are all A-listers in the industry.
Now staying with his son and daughter-in-law in their small apartment in Bayside, Queens, he is facing two battles.
While in London, Harriman also launched an affair with Pamela Churchill, daughter-in-law of the prime minister.
Historical Examples
"Mary, you are just as foolish as his daughter-in-law," said Mrs. North, impatiently.
Quaint CourtshipsVarious
"My daughter-in-law is crying her eyes out," the Captain sighed.
Quaint CourtshipsVarious
Why, his daughter-in-law; Lady Vargrave was a widow,—a Mrs. Cameron.
Alice, or The Mysteries, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
In other homes the daughter-in-law serves her mother-in-law.
The Chinese Fairy BookVarious
“My daughter-in-law is crying her eyes out,” the Captain sighed.
An EncoreMargaret Deland
daughter-in-law
- the wife of one's son
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