son-out-law
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From son + -out-law, by analogy to son-in-law.
Noun
[edit]son-out-law (plural sons-out-law)
- A live-in boyfriend of one's child.
- 2013, Lucien Nzeyimana, Burning the Last Straw, page 339:
- “You also treated Haydar like your own son,” Didace observed. “He was my son-out-law, remember,” Henock prompted.
- The ex-husband of one's child.
- 2014, Christopher W. Moore, The Mediation Process, page 540:
- The parents decided to give their daughter and “son-out-law” the cold shoulder.