单词 | uncle-in-law |
释义 | > as lemmasuncle-in-law uncle-in-law n. the husband or male partner of one's aunt or (in recent use) of the sister of one's mother or father; (also) the uncle (sense 1a) of one's spouse or partner. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > uncle > [noun] > husband of aunt uncle-in-law1561 1561 in F. J. Furnivall Child-marriages, Divorces, & Ratifications Diocese Chester (1897) 3 All the premisses, this deponent knowis [to be] true, bie cause he is Vncle-in-lawe to [the sai]d Homfrey. 1691 T. Shadwell Scowrers 19 My name is Tim Whachum, Alderman Whachums Son deceased, and Alderman Maggot your Uncle in laws Nephew. 1779 Mirror No. 53. ⁋8 Among the rest was my uncle-in-law's partner. 1903 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. June 744 It must be admitted that her uncle-in-law's admonitions were not always welcome to the seemingly pliant Dorothy. 2012 R. R. Parameswaran I am Executioner 63 Behind me stood the very uncle-in-law who was my nominal supervisor in Madras, and alongside him were my future brothers and cousins. < as lemmas |
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