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Definition of Sister-in-law
1. Noun. The sister of your spouse.
Definition of Sister-in-law
1. Noun. A female relative of one's generation, separated by one degree of marriage: ¹
2. Noun. (context: less common) Co-sister-in-law: The wife of one's sibling-in-law. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sister-in-law
Literary usage of Sister-in-law
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"She is the sister-in-law of Strauss. Objection is made to the testimony of Chapman
Bradford, offered in rebuttal, to the effect that he had seen in the ..."
2. The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens (1883)
"RALPH NICKLEBY PROVIDED FOR HIS NIECE AND sister-in-law. ON the second morning
after the departure of Nicholas for Yorkshire, Kate Nickleby sat in a very ..."
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