son-out-law

noun

A live-in boyfriend of one's child.

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Meanings

nounson-out-law (plural sons-out-law)

plural sons-out-law

  1. A live-in boyfriend of one's child.

    “You also treated Haydar like your own son,” Didace observed. “He was my son-out-law, remember,” Henock prompted.

    2013, Lucien Nzeyimana, Burning the Last Straw, page 339
  2. The ex-husband of one's child.

    The parents decided to give their daughter and “son-out-law” the cold shoulder.

    2014, Christopher W. Moore, The Mediation Process, page 540

Origin

From son + -out-law, by analogy to son-in-law.

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APA

son-out-law. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/son-out-law

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“son-out-law.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/son-out-law. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “son-out-law,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/son-out-law.

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