SISTER-IN-LAW (sisters-in-law)

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Irregular inflected form: sisters-in-law   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does sister-in-law mean? 

• SISTER-IN-LAW (noun)
  The noun SISTER-IN-LAW has 1 sense:

1. the sister of your spouse

  Familiarity information: SISTER-IN-LAW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SISTER-IN-LAW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The sister of your spouse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("sister-in-law" is a kind of...):

in-law; relative-in-law (a relative by marriage)

 Context examples 

“Such a sister-in-law, Henry, I should delight in,” said Eleanor with a smile.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

"Ferrars!" repeated Miss Steele; "Mr. Ferrars is the happy man, is he? What! your sister-in-law's brother, Miss Dashwood? a very agreeable young man to be sure; I know him very well."

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Then she looked at me, and said: Is that your boy, sister-in-law?

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

When tea was over, Mr. Hurst reminded his sister-in-law of the card-table—but in vain.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

He was not a great favourite with his fair sister-in-law.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Grant, professing an indisposition, for which he had little credit with his fair sister-in-law, could not spare his wife.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

I used to be home for the week-ends very often, and sometimes if the ship were held back for cargo I would have a whole week at a time, and in this way I saw a deal of my sister-in-law, Sarah.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Prepare for your sister-in-law, Eleanor, and such a sister-in-law as you must delight in!

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

They go about with her, now, more like her keepers than her husband and sister-in-law.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

And so saying, she took the screens out of her sister-in-law's hands, to admire them herself as they ought to be admired.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)