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[ fah -th er-in-law ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈfɑ ðər ɪnˌlɔ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun, plural fa·thers-in-law. the father of one's spouse.
Origin of father-in-law First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English fader in lawe; see origin at father, in, law1 ; 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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British Dictionary definitions for father-in-law noun plural fathers-in-law the father of one's wife or husband
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