Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A woman who is a stepparent.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A woman who is the wife of one's father, but is not one's mother.
- noun A horny filament shooting up by the side of the nail.
- noun The pansy. Britten and Holland, Eng. Plant Names.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The wife of one's father by a subsequent marriage.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The wife of one's
biological father , other than one'sbiological mother .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the wife of your father by a subsequent marriage
Etymologies
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Examples
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"I'm okay with the term stepmother," said Cacho, who often blogs on her stepfamily experience.
Blended families more common, but the 'step' in 'stepmom' still carries a stigma Carol Morello 2011
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But Anne rejects the label "stepmother" for reasons that have nothing to do with parental responsibility, or the
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Joel Schwartzberg 2011
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Her question -- and mine: What message does the word "stepmother" convey more clearly than "You're NOT a mother"?
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Joel Schwartzberg 2011
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– although her stepmother is again good enough to remark, that "in spite of his stern voice, there was something of pity in his countenance which always induced her to swallow it."
Maria Edgeworth 1905
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June 18th, 2009 4: 25 pm ET well at least my 3rd stepmother is there,, dang
Gates: U.S. ready if North Korea sends missile toward Hawaii 2009
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Their new stepmother is determined to control the estate of Sevenwaters, and she feels that her husband's children stand in her way.
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For instance, the stepmother is found in possession of
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Everyone loves her to pieces, and my stepmother is threatening to keep her.
Not much to report moriarty6 2006
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She discovers that her stepmother is plotting against her and escapes to mainland China, where she seeks solace with seven Shao Lin monks who, in turn, come to believe the woman holds the fate of the world in her hands and protect her.
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I called my stepmother and asked her what was happening?
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