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aunt-in-law

noun

Etymology

From aunt + -in-law.

  1. derived from amita
  2. derived from ante
  3. derived from aunte
  4. inherited from aunte
  5. suffixed as aunt-in-law — “aunt + in-law”

Definitions

  1. The wife of one's uncle or aunt (parent's sibling).

    • Between uncle and aunt-in-law, or uncle's wife, you have a connection of affinity, and you have the same between aunt and uncle-in-law, or aunt's wife. [sic]

  2. The aunt of one's spouse.

    • 2009 August 28, contributor, Petunia Dursley, Harry Potter Wiki Petunia would later become an aunt-in-law to Harry's wife Ginevra Weasley and a great-aunt to Harry and Ginny's three children; James Sirius, Albus Severus,

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