daughter-in-law

noun
/ˈdɔːtə(ɹ)ɪnˌlɔː/

Etymology

From Middle English doghter in lawe; equivalent to daughter + -in-law.

  1. derived from doghter in lawe

Definitions

  1. The wife of one's child.

    • For I am come to ſet a man at variance* againſt his father, ⁊ the daughter againſt her mother, and the daughter in law againſt her mother in law.
    • They discovered Weller had two daughters and a daughter-in-law in the same cemetery.
    • And we can watch how that plays out as Trump attempts to get his daughter-in-law, Lara, into the U.S. Senate.

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