Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The sister of one's spouse.
- noun The wife of one's sibling.
- noun The wife of the sibling of one's spouse.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A husband's or wife's sister; also, a brother's wife. See
brother-in-law .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The sister of one's husband or wife; also, the wife of one's brother; sometimes, the wife of one's husband's or wife's brother.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A female relative of one's generation, separated by one degree of marriage:
- noun less common
Co-sister-in-law : The wife of one's sibling-in-law.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the sister of your spouse
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Examples
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In the morning, I called my sister-in-law and told her to come back over.
Teed Off Sherrie Daly 2011
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In the morning, I called my sister-in-law and told her to come back over.
Teed Off Sherrie Daly 2011
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I called my sister-in-law, who is an elementary school teacher, and told her what was going on.
How to Talk so Kids Can Learn Adele Faber 1995
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I called my sister-in-law, who is an elementary school teacher, and told her what was going on.
How to Talk so Kids Can Learn Adele Faber 1995
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I called my sister-in-law, who is an elementary school teacher, and told her what was going on.
How to Talk so Kids Can Learn Adele Faber 1995
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I called my sister-in-law, who is an elementary school teacher, and told her what was going on.
How to Talk so Kids Can Learn Adele Faber 1995
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Kevin yanks his cell phone from his pocket and calls his sister-in-law in Queens, the wife of his brother Joe.
Zebratown Greg Donaldson 2010
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Waldemar Ruiz had called his sister-in-law after he shot his wife with a small handgun, Hammann said.
chron.com Chronicle 2011
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If I think it’s necessary to bypass you and call your sister-in-law, I will.
No Way Out Andrea Kane 2001
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My sister-in-law has lived in Sydney Australia for her entire adult life, 40 years now, and on a trip to visit us in Cleveland in the late 80s she went off the the Giant Eagle grocery, only to return 30 minutes later having left a basket with the manager.
Page 2 2009
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