释义
[ suhn -in-law ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈsʌn ɪnˌlɔ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun, plural sons-in-law. the husband of one's child.
Origin of son-in-law First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English sone in lawe; see origin at son, 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 son-in-law noun plural sons-in-law the husband of one's daughter
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