Dictionary

son-out-law en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

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:

Forms