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sister-out-law en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. The sister of one's boyfriend or girlfriend.
2. Girlfriend of one's brother or sister.
   • I, on the other side, was ready to strangle my almost sister-in-law. (My sister out-law.) 2015, Katherine Woodward Thomas, Conscious Uncoupling: 5 Steps to Living Happily Even After (Family & Relationships), →ISBN, 2pv0BQAAQBAJ, page 59:
   • This included Prunella Tuff, my “sister-out-law”, a term we invented to describe the relationship between us as she was the sister of my brother in-law, Tim Tuff. 2013, Howard Balloch, Semi-Nomadic Anecdotes (Biography & Autobiography), →ISBN, jwc6BgAAQBAJ, page 59:
   • I, on the other side, was ready to strangle my almost sister-in-law. (My sister out-law.) 2008, John Crawley, Among the Aspen, →ISBN, TDrcNfNKVH4C, page 114:
   • “If you're openly gay, wouldn't that make you his sister-out-law?” 2014, Janice Ryan Hall, Deadly Ties: Sequel to Blood Ties, volume 2 (Fiction), →ISBN, D1dXDQAAQBAJ, page 565:
3. The sister of one's ex-spouse.

Forms

Coordinates

sister-in-law

Relateds

brother-out-law · father-out-law · son-out-law · daughter-out-law · mother-out-law