单词 | son in the law |
释义 | > as lemmasson in the law 1. The husband or male partner of a person's daughter. Formerly also †son in the law. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > son > [noun] > son-in-law odamOE son-in-lawa1382 good-son1436 sonlaw1445 good-son-in-law1513 son1533 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) 2 Esdras vi. 18 He was the sone in lawe [L. gener] of Sechenye. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 7650 Dauid his sone-in-law for to sla. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvii. 219 Valter, steward of scotland, That..sone-in-law wes to the king. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement iii. f. lxv Sonne in lawe, gendre. 1545 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 12 Johne Buchquhannane son in the law to the said Lord Johne Levingstoun. 1574 Will of T. Daye (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/56) f. 374 My son in lawe Robert Dobledaie. 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. iii. 144 The brides father..sendes great store of daintie dishes vnto his sonne in law. 1639 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 180 I give unto my sonne-in-law..my second best gown. 1680 H. Care Hist. Popish Plot App. 378 Sir Gilbert Gerrard Baronet, Son in the Law to the late Bishop of Durham. 1700 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) V. 385 She left my son in Law..the mansion house of Addscom. 1743 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Odes (new ed.) I. ii. iv. 16 Her Parents..Shall not their Son-in-law disgrace. 1811 M. R. Mitford Let. 11 Aug. in A. G. L'Estrange Life (1870) I. v. 147 How should you like him for a son-in-law? 1882 Sunday Herald (Syracuse, N.Y.) 29 Oct. 3/4 The party included two daughters and two sons-in-law of the reigning Vanderbilt. 1921 E. Ferber Girls iv. 61 He had been a model husband, father, and son-in-law. 1978 R. G. Wesson Lenin's Legacy vi. 226 It was especially irritating that he brought his son-in-law Adzhubei into high-level politics. 2011 Atlantic Monthly June 48/1 Her daughter and son-in-law maintained a mansion of extraordinary size and tackiness on the Mediterranean. < as lemmas |
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