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noun, masculine

beau-père

/bo.pɛʁ/

noun, masculine/bo.pɛʁ/plural: beaux-pères

a father-in-law, the father of one's spouse; a stepfather, stepdad, the present husband of the mother of a child from a previous marriage

Inherited from Middle French beau pere, beaupere, beau-père, biau pere. By surface analysis, beau- + père.