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aunts-in-law

aunts-in-law is the plural of aunt-in-law.

Meaning of aunt-in-law

Noun

aunt-in-law (plural aunts-in-law)

  1. The wife of one's uncle or aunt (parent's sibling).
    • Between uncle and aunt-in-law, or uncle's wife, you have a connection of affinity, and you have the same between aunt and uncle-in-law, or aunt's wife. [sic]1871, William Lindsay, Inquiry into the Christian law, as to the relationships which bar marriage, page 86
  2. The aunt of one's husband.
    • Petunia would later become an aunt-in-law to Harry's wife Ginevra Weasley and a great-aunt to Harry and Ginny's three children; James Sirius, Albus Severus,2009 August 28, contributor, Petunia Dursley, Harry Potter Wiki
  3. The aunt of one's wife.

Questions about aunts-in-law

What is aunts-in-law the plural of?
Aunts-in-law is the plural of aunt-in-law.

Words near aunts-in-law in the dictionary

  1. auntlike
  2. auntliness
  3. auntly
  4. auntness
  5. aunts
  6. aunts-in-law
  7. auntship
  8. auntships
  9. aunty
  10. auntying
  11. auntyish

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