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daughter-in-law

noun

  1. female spouse of child
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈdɔːtə(ɹ)ɪnˌlɔː/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English doghter in lawe; equivalent to daughter + -in-law.

  1. The wife of one's child.

    “For I am come to ſet a man at variance* againſt his father, ⁊ the daughter againſt her mother, and the daughter in law againſt her mother in law.”

    “They discovered Weller had two daughters and a daughter-in-law in the same cemetery.”