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Webster 1913 Edition

Father-in-law

Fa′ther-in-lawˊ

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Noun.
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pl.
Fathers-in-law
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The father of one’s husband or wife; – correlative to son-in-law and daughter-in-law.
☞ A man who marries a woman having children already, is sometimes, though erroneously, called their father-in-law.

Webster 1828 Edition

Father-in-law

F'ATHER-IN-LAW

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Noun.
The father of one's husband or wife; and a man who marries a woman who has children by a former husband is called the father in law or step-father of those children.

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