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RELATIVE-IN-LAW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does relative-in-law mean? 

RELATIVE-IN-LAW (noun)
  The noun RELATIVE-IN-LAW has 1 sense:

1. a relative by marriageplay

  Familiarity information: RELATIVE-IN-LAW used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RELATIVE-IN-LAW (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A relative by marriage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

in-law; relative-in-law

Hypernyms ("relative-in-law" is a kind of...):

relation; relative (a person related by blood or marriage)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "relative-in-law"):

brother-in-law (a brother by marriage)

daughter-in-law (the wife of your son)

father-in-law (the father of your spouse)

mother-in-law (the mother of your spouse)

sister-in-law (the sister of your spouse)

son-in-law (the husband of your daughter)


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