Father-out-law

Quick meaning: Father-out-law is a noun meaning The father of one's boyfriend or girlfriend.

Meaning

The father of one's boyfriend or girlfriend.

More Meanings

1. The father of any of one's friends.
2. The father of one's ex-spouse.

Example Sentences

One day, in an argument with his wife, Haydar, he made a terrible mistake. He refused to acknowledge Henock Beamare as his father-in-law. Instead, he referred to him as his father-out-law.

With this exit of the normal father, the would-be son-in-law ends up in the hands of a kind of father-out-law;, Challenger whose science will lead the young man to the fantasy space and the king of the ape-men.

In the absence of the father in his role as father-in-law to Malone, the would be son-in-law comes under the direction of another father figure, the scientist Challenger, who rather than a substitute father-in-law can more pertinently be seen as a father-out-law.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include mother-out-law, brother-out-law, sister-out-law, son-out-law, daughter-out-law, parent-in-law.

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