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

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

“These kids did an adult job, basically facing a firing squad every day,” her daughter-in-law, Libby Boyce, said in an interview.

From Los Angeles Times

It was only the Widow Ashton’s inability to see objects clearly without her pince-nez that prevented her from spotting her daughter-in-law the moment she climbed out of her carriage.

From Literature