Usually means: Husband of one's daughter.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word son-in-law:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. son-in-law: Merriam-Webster
  2. son-in-law: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. son-in-law: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. son-in-law, son-in-law: Collins English Dictionary
  5. son-in-law: Vocabulary.com
  6. son-in-law: Wordnik
  7. son-in-law: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. son-in-law: Wiktionary
  9. son-in-law: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. son-in-law: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. son-in-law: Dictionary.com
  12. son-in-law: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. Son-in-Law, Son-in-law: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Son-in-law: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. son-in-law: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. son-in-law: Rhymezone
  17. Son-in-law: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. son-in-law: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. son-in-law: FreeDictionary.org
  20. son-in-law: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. son-in-law: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. son-in-law: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  2. Son-in-law: Legal dictionary

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▸ noun:  The husband of one's child.

Similar:
daughter-in-law, child-in-law, soninlaw, daughter-out-law, sibling-in-law, parent-in-law, husband-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, mother-in-law, more...

Opposite:
father-in-law

Types:
stepson, stepsister, stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother, more...



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Similar:
daughter-in-law, child-in-law, soninlaw, daughter-out-law, sibling-in-law, parent-in-law, husband-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, mother-in-law, more...

Opposite:
father-in-law

Types:
stepson, stepsister, stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother, more...



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