English Dictionary

husband-in-law

名詞

口語

A husband in law only, such as one who has abandoned his wife / A husband who provides legally required support, but not love or affection

日本語の意味

法律上は夫と認められるが、実際には妻への愛情や情愛を伴わず、単に法的な扶養義務などを果たすだけの夫 / 法的義務としての夫、すなわち妻を放棄した結果、愛情関係は希薄であっても扶養などの法定責任のみを履行する夫

Although legally married, she considered him nothing more than a husband-in-law after he abandoned her.

法的には結婚していたが、彼女は彼が妻を捨てた後、彼を名ばかりの夫にすぎないと考えていた。

意味（1）

A husband in law only, such as one who has abandoned his wife

意味（2）

A husband who provides legally required support, but not love or affection

意味（3）

(colloquial) Another husband of one's wife. Typically used in cases of divorce and subsequent remarriage.

the collection of people who would gather in either of the two houses for Christmas and Thanksgiving, and sometimes again in summer. This collection involved former mothers-in-law, former husbands, ex-wives of former husbands, and doddering uncles from distant marriages, as well as, of course, the various and sundry children and dogs (dogs-in-law as one family member calls them) of the now recombined families. In the process, I believe, we were responsible for the creation of a new American family relative—the wife-in-law, or the husband-in-law.

husbands-in-law （ plural ）