father-in-law
noun
ˈfä-t͟hə-rən-ˌlȯ 
-t͟hərn-ˌlȯ
plural fathers-in-law
ˈfä-t͟hər-zən-ˌlȯ
1
: the father of one's spouse
2
archaic
: stepfather
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Related Articles In an interview with WWD in 2016, Leaf attributed her steely work ethic to her mother — the family breadwinner who wasn’t above hauling cases in her father-in-law’s tavern and liquor store.
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Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 3 July 2024
There are several other characters (Frances’s father-in-law is on that wagon train) and little scenarios (the Apache get a scene or two), but the big point is that none of this gets close to being resolved.
—EW.com, 26 June 2024
Princess Kate, who did not appear at the concert, is currently battling cancer but recently returned to public life riding in a carriage with her three children, for Trooping the Colour on June 8 last Saturday to celebrate her father-in-law King Charles III's birthday.
—Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 22 June 2024
My mother-in-law was there, my mother, my father-in-law.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 23 June 2024
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Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 3 July 2024
There are several other characters (Frances’s father-in-law is on that wagon train) and little scenarios (the Apache get a scene or two), but the big point is that none of this gets close to being resolved.
—EW.com, 26 June 2024
Princess Kate, who did not appear at the concert, is currently battling cancer but recently returned to public life riding in a carriage with her three children, for Trooping the Colour on June 8 last Saturday to celebrate her father-in-law King Charles III's birthday.
—Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 22 June 2024
My mother-in-law was there, my mother, my father-in-law.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 23 June 2024
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