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father-in-law

[ fah-ther-in-law ]

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noun

plural fathers-in-law.

the father of one's spouse.

father-in-law

noun

the father of one's wife or husband

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Word History and Origins

Origin of father-in-law¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English fader in lawe; father, 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

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That's why I think she could learn a thing or two from her father-in-law.

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Mr Suri's lawyers say he has only met his father-in-law a handful of times and is being targeted due to his wife's identity.

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Boulos, father-in-law to President Donald Trump's daughter, Tiffany, is expected to arrive in Kinshasa on Thursday on a trip that will also take him to Rwanda, Kenya and Uganda.

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“My children, their grandchildren, lost their grandparents. They were very loving people. My father-in-law would have given you the shirt off his back, and so would have Madalynne.”

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It has also been reported that Trump is soon to appoint the father-in-law of his daughter, Tiffany, to a key role in the region.

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