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daughter-in-laws

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

Meaning of daughter-in-law

Noun

daughter-in-law (plural daughters-in-law or (colloquial, nonstandard) daughter-in-laws)

  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.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 10:35
    Synonyms:
    bahu

Questions about daughter-in-laws

What is daughter-in-laws the plural of?
Daughter-in-laws is the plural of daughter-in-law.

Words near daughter-in-laws in the dictionary

  1. daughter of the manse
  2. daughter out
  3. daughter sauce
  4. daughter sauces
  5. daughter-in-law
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  8. daughterboard
  9. daughterboards
  10. daughtercard
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