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son-out-law

son-out-law noun: a live-in boyfriend of one's child.

Noun

son-out-law (plural sons-out-law)

  1. A live-in boyfriend of one's child.
    • “You also treated Haydar like your own son,” Didace observed. “He was my son-out-law, remember,” Henock prompted.2013, Lucien Nzeyimana, Burning the Last Straw, page 339
  2. The ex-husband of one's child.
    • The parents decided to give their daughter and “son-out-law” the cold shoulder.2014, Christopher W. Moore, The Mediation Process, page 540

Forms of son-out-law

pluralsons-out-law

Origin of son-out-law

From son + -out-law, by analogy to son-in-law.

Questions about son-out-law

What does son-out-law mean?
Son-out-law means a live-in boyfriend of one's child.
What part of speech is son-out-law?
Son-out-law is a noun.
What is the plural of son-out-law?
The plural of son-out-law is sons-out-law.

Words near son-out-law in the dictionary

  1. son-in-laws
  2. son-of-a-bitch
  3. son-of-a-bitch stew
  4. son-of-a-bitching
  5. son-of-a-gun stew
  6. son-out-law
  7. sona
  8. Sonamy
  9. sonance
  10. sonances
  11. sonancies

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