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daughters-in-law

daughters-in-law 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:
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Questions about daughters-in-law

What is daughters-in-law the plural of?
Daughters-in-law is the plural of daughter-in-law.

Words near daughters-in-law in the dictionary

  1. Daughters of Mary
  2. daughters of Sappho
  3. daughters of the desert
  4. daughters of the manse
  5. daughters out
  6. daughters-in-law
  7. daughters-out-law
  8. daughtership
  9. Daughtery
  10. Daughterys
  11. daughtren

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