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co-in-laws

co-in-laws is the plural of co-in-law.

Meaning of co-in-law

Noun

co-in-law (plural co-in-laws)

  1. (rare) A distant in-law: A relationship by marriage with a separation by three degrees (two people), compared to prototypical in-laws, where the separation is two/one. The separation may be two degrees of blood kin and one of marriage (addressing the mother of the husband of one's daughter), or one degree blood and two of marriage (addressing the brother-in-law of one's brother, or, similarly, addressing the wife of the brother of one's husband).
    • My co-in-law and I took our granddaughter to the zoo. [= co-parent-in-law]
    Synonyms:
    co-affine

Questions about co-in-laws

What is co-in-laws the plural of?
Co-in-laws is the plural of co-in-law.

Words near co-in-laws in the dictionary

  1. co-husbands
  2. co-hyponym
  3. co-hyponyms
  4. co-ignimbrite
  5. co-in-law
  6. co-in-laws
  7. co-incineration
  8. co-induction
  9. co-inductions
  10. co-infuse
  11. co-infused

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