father-in-lawnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfɑː.ðər.ɪn.lɔː/us/ˈfɑː.ðɚ.ɪn.lɑː/plural ^fathers-in-lawB2 the father of your husband or wife
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Family: non-blood relations
- auntie
- brother-in-law
- co-brother
- co-sister
- daughter-in-law
- goddaughter
- godfather
- godmother
- godparent
- godson
- sister-in-law
- son-in-law
- step
- stepbrother
- stepchild
- stepfamily
- stepfather
- stepmother
- stepmum
- stepparent
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Examples from literature
- 'Nothing could be better,' said the father-in-law, rubbing his hands.
- His irritation was not likely to be soothed when he realised the extent to which he had been duped by his father-in-law.
- On hearing that we intended to remain for the night where we were, he persuaded us to accompany him to the estate of his father-in-law, which was situated close at hand.
- Then he woke his father-in-law gently, and went off.
- Young men don't seem to care, as a general rule, for an idiot father-in-law!