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father-in-law
[ fah-ther-in-law ]
/ ËfÉ Ă°Ér ÉȘnËlÉ /
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noun, plural fa·thers-in-law.
the father of one's spouse.
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Origin of father-in-law
First recorded in 1350â1400; Middle English fader in lawe; see origin at father, in, law1; from Middle English in-lawe âin law,â i.e., âa person within the regulation and protection of the law,â 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
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British Dictionary definitions for father-in-law
father-in-law
noun plural fathers-in-law
the father of one's wife or husband
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